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> people who've learned their second language as an adult and can speak nearly accent free Perhaps it's just a capacity that some people have, similar to perfe
by otikik 3y ago
> people who've learned their second language as an adult and can speak nearly accent free
Perhaps it's just a capacity that some people have, similar to perfect pitch hearing. Possible, but rare.
- Jorge1o1 3y agoFunny that you mention perfect-pitch because in a similar vein it seems like one of those things that can be taught but the window closes very early in childhood. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0305735612463948 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/030573561246394...
- tough 3y agoI was gonna bring this relation of also being a skill needing to be developed in early age, but you beat me to it. good thing there's already a drug for that https://www.npr.org/2014/01/04/259552442/want-perfect-pitch-you-could-pop-a-pill-for-that https://www.npr.org/2014/01/04/259552442/want-perfect-pitch-... science is never fixed is it