Re: History of French

From: Peter T. Daniels (grammatim_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 09/14/04 

Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 20:37:51 GMT

Mxsmanic wrote:
>
> Richard Herring writes:
>
> > So you think people are taught their native language by their parents?
>
> They learn from whomever they are in regular contact with, and this
> usually includes parents, siblings, teachers, and classmates.
>
> > I wonder how we all managed when there were no educational systems?
>
> We were all illiterate, for one thing.

Yet we managed to learn our native languages perfectly, and indeed to
create and transmit great poetry. 

-- 
Peter T. Daniels                       grammatim@att.net

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