"Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> schreef in bericht 
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> I think people don't have an instinct for a particular language, but an 
> instinct to learn whatever language they're around. Much like birds learn 
> how to fly, pretty much reliably.
>
> Of course, if you're entire raised around non-verbal beings, the instinct 
> to try to learn is going to get frustrated, just like you can starve 
> without food even tho you have an instinct to get hungry and eat when you 
> need to.
>

Yes. That is correct. I just browsed again through some textbooks dealing 
witht his. We definitely have the inate "building blocks" for (complex) 
language, but we need the proper environment (i.e. parents, other members of 
the group) to trigger and control the faculty.

Thomas

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