Re: Is there an optimal sequence for language acquisition?


Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> leuwarden@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > Lee Sau Dan wrote:
> > > >>>>> "leuwarden" == leuwarden <leuwarden@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > >
> > > leuwarden> I do not know why abroad it is thought that the Swiss
> > > leuwarden> are multilingual.
> > >
> > > That's the general impression. Swiss people working abroad can speak
> > > English (usually) and one or more of the official languages of
> > > Switzerland.
> >
> > I know. I hope you know that it is impossible. People who live in
> > bilingual places end up speaking a bilingual dialect, but not two
> > languages, unless they start learning from books or newspapers.
>
> ????????????????

That was probably an answer to another paragraph. Of course the Swiss
that work abroad will speak at least two languages. English is not one
of the official languages, though.

>
> People growing up in multilingual environments (most of the people in
> the world)

Really? I lived in a "multilingual environment" only as a kid. Most
people spoke French and the Swiss dialect, but mixed. So when I had to
learn French at school, though I spoke French at home to my sisters who
did not speak German, I flunked. Everything wrong, and I never
understood what was wrong, though I got top grades in German.

?? master

"master"!

> all the languages perfectly, without mixing them up.

where would that be? for instance the Mexican immigration in the US,
those that even after years and years working there with papers or
without them cannot line up more than four words without making some
mistake?

In Basel there were women from the Elsass who worked as household aids.
They spoke partly French, partly Swiss dialect, but rather than mix,
they blended the languages into one. The language that they speak
cannot be written, because words and syntax are not defined well
enough.

>
> And most of the world's people don't read books, newspapers, or anything
> else.
> --
> Peter T. Daniels > grammatim@xxxxxxx

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