Re: History of French

From: Ruud Harmsen (realemailseesite01_at_rudhar.com)
Date: 09/18/04 

Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 23:55:19 +0200

Sat, 18 Sep 2004 17:28:20 +0200: Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@hotmail.com>: in
sci.lang:

>No, it is very, very different. Children have an enormous amount time
>available to dedicate to language acquisition; adults have very little
>time. Children have a strong motivation to learn a language, since they
>cannot communicate without one; adults always have at least one language
>at their disposal with which to communicate.

Moreover, for many aspects of coping with life they don't need to
communicate. They are adults, so they can organise their own lives.
Children can't, they are weak and dependent. 

-- 
Ruud Harmsen - http://rudhar.com

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