reporters and early syntax; Babys cry

[Ann Dowker]

Lovely!

Another essay -by an Oxford psychology undergraduate - began:

According to the behaviourists, language is acquired post-natally.


I once overheard a conversation between some children of around 8 or 9
about whether people could speak if they didn't have a brain! One child
concluded: "Yes, they could speak, but they wouldn't know the words."

Ann

On Thu, 14 Jan 1999 Eak31852 at aol.com wrote:

> Regarding AnnDowker's early essay grading and the babies dancing with wolves,
> I add:
>
> Other babies, who's language genes are intact, cry because their parents are
> speaking incorrctly.
>
> EKelly
>