Re: Do Children Learn Languages at Different Rates?

Joseph W. Murphy wrote:
>
> Some of the mistakes Chinese kids make when learning their language are
> exemplified here:
>
> <http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/con&com_databank/child_language/Ssample1.htm>
>

Would you quote the relevant sentences/paragraphs?

> Some of them reportedly track those of kids learning other languages. For
> example, Slobin and others have noted that children learn to respond to who
> and what questions before they can handle how, when, or why questions -
> this is noted here in the Chinese observations.
>
> Joe Murphy
> Boy Linguist
>
.

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