[lojban] Re: Fwd: lojban and raising a child bi-lingual

[MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 9/15/2009 14:30:11 Eastern Daylight Time, timonator@perpetuum-immobile.de writes:


> I heard of people in other age groups that claim to have learned a language
> fluently from scratch as children. I have not heard children brag about how they
> just learned their language completely from scratch. Think about it!


I don't understand your point.  Bragging about something that everybody does seems foolish, at best.
Young children obviously learn not only their language, but everything they learn, from scratch, i.e., from nothing but their own innate abilities. All other age groups already have a language, along with all the world knowledge they have acquired, to build on.  

stevo