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You get foreign language learning by looking at examples of the patterns used in a language and learning how to apply them. By your logic there should be a gene
by imgabe 12y ago
You get foreign language learning by looking at examples of the patterns used in a language and learning how to apply them. By your logic there should be a general "language skill" that anyone could use to immediately apprehend any language. No such thing exists.
- vegedor 12y agoThat's an open question, actually. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_grammar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_grammar
- guard-of-terra 12y agoYou also learn how to infer new patterns. When I started to learn English any non-normal form like 'ye olde' or 'lotsa' threw me into stupor. Now I can derive meaning from context while gaining better understanding.