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Im in the midst of reading Pinkers the Language Instinct and the basic thesis is that language is innate. Preventing language would be like preventing eating.
by theNJR 3y ago
Im in the midst of reading Pinkers the Language Instinct and the basic thesis is that language is innate. Preventing language would be like preventing eating.
The sing-song thing is cultural but powerful. It’s hard (for me) to not default to it with my one year old.
Edit: LOL I clearly commented before reading the article.
- OfSanguineFire 3y agoWe know of cases where, due to living early years in isolation, a human being was prevented from learning full-fledged language, e.g. Genie.[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_(feral_child) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_(feral_child)