Re: How does a baby learn language, when learning requires concentration a

28 Nov 2006 05:38:29 -0800: "Peter T. Daniels"
<grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx>: in sci.lang:

Really?? Did you learn to speak Portuguese with no input other than
passive radio listening???

No.

How old did you say you are????

51.

Antonio, does Ruud speak acceptable Portuguese?

He doesn't know, he never heard me talk.

I don't speak it very well, though, I can attest. My pronunciation is
reasonable now, but as one native speaker attested, with an African
accent, although I was never in Africa.

Ekkehard can testify that my written Portuguese is still rather poor
and clumsy.

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