How do humans learn language?
-When do we start learning
language?
-What are some features of child
language?
We start learning language as an
infant by crying and fussing but that sort of communication can only get us so
far, the baby needs a better way of communication and starts making sounds. By
11 to 12 months, the baby is mimicking its parents and is starting to produce
words and then joining them into short 2 word phrases. (More milk) By the age
of 3, most babies can produce complete sentences, and can express their needs
with words at least after crying fails.
How do humans learn language? After all the English language of any other
language is so sophisticated, yet all babies learn it faster, more efficiently
and in-depth than the smartest computer. Full of variations, different
pronunciations and loaded with meaning and implication this amazing and unique communication
skill makes us human.
Although
English is extremely complicated at least for computers learning languages
comes as naturally to infants "as a birds singing to attract a mate"
This means most kids get enough stimulation to learn their natural language
without any effort by the parents.
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