Re: spontaneously speaking another language

From: Evertjan. (exjxw.hannivoort_at_interxnl.net)
Date: 08/14/04 

Date: 14 Aug 2004 14:16:40 GMT

Scott Far Thunder wrote on 14 aug 2004 in sci.lang:
> Hau kolas..I got into a discussion with a coworker today regarding
> cognitive ability of children, and it came to be that I seem to recall
> hearing something about children basically spontaneously speaking
> another language with no exposure to it...for instance a child in
> latin america bursting into say German or French, with no prior
> exposure to this new language. I can't recall wether there was
> something else goin on..emerging from autism etc. Anybody heard of
> this before? I believe there's a scientific term for it..

Polylalia

> any ideas to
> help me search this down? If this is not the appropriate forum,

It is not. It is not science, but fiction.

> pardon me, where should I ask? Thanks in advance :)

alt.fiction ? 

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