Re: Do children learn language more easily?

On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 13:31:00 -0500, Nathan Sanders
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In article <18iswmvi0ffwh$.1s422rvpno3p4.dlg@xxxxxxxxxx>,
"Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 00:15:40 -0500, Nathan Sanders
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[...]

From child to child, language to language, there are developmental
milestones that they achieve in a particular order.

At the gross level, certainly. Probably at a more detailed
level, if you allow for the occasional exception.

When comparing billions of samples taken from the same
population,

I somehow doubt that we've managed *quite* such extensive
sampling yet.

some variation is mathematically expected. Once we accept
natural statistical variation, we can get pretty
detailed in the order and nature of developmental
milestones.

I don't disagree. I am, however, a bit touchy on the
subject, having run into a few too many assertions that were
presented as exceptionless when I knew that they were not.

[...]

Brian
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