Re: Do Children Learn Languages at Different Rates?


"Joseph W. Murphy" <jwmurphy700@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, haber iletisinde þunlarý
yazdý:1vvcuz4425prx.midxpi29cciq$.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I recently ran across the following article on a Turkish newspaper
website:
>
> A research conducted worldwide has established that Turkish children are
> the fastest at learning their native language.
>
> The results were released at the International Association for the Study
of
> Child Languageÿs 10th congress in Berlin, Germany, where it was indicated
> that Turkish children could speak their native language by the age of 2-3
> years in a grammatically correct manner. Linguistics Professor Klann
Delius
> noted that the Turkish language was easy to learn. ´Suffixes in Turkish
> that determine person and tense are regular. Using them is like arranging
> Lego pieces.¡ According to the research, it takes 12 years for Arab
> speaking children, and 4-5 years for German children to acquire the
> grammatical mastery in their mother tongue. The congress held in Berlin is
> attended by about 800 linguists from around the world.
>
Googling for "language learnabiliy" locates the following document which
discusses the same subject:
http://cnl.psych.cornell.edu/papers/LandC-cogsci2002.pdf

When 24-28 mth old, Turkish children are ahead, and others catch up later.

> So, is it true that Arab kids can't speak grammatically correct Arabic
> until age 12?
>
> And do kids speaking different languages learn them at different rates?
>
> Joe Murphy
> Boy Linguist


.

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