LL-L "Language varieties" 2010.02.11 (01) [EN]

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From: jmtait <jmtait at wirhoose.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2010.02.10 (01) [EN]

Sandy wrote:


Perhaps parents and others are less likely to correct things if the
grammar is clear due to being used in other parts of the conjugation,
but an even stronger consideration is that children (at least children
who aren't lonely) don't pick up the bulk of their language from their
parents, they pick it up from other children. Once something is rife
amongst children the parents are going to have a hard time correcting
it.


So I wonder where the changes came from originally, then? (If it makes sense
to speak about changes being 'original'...?!)

[John Magnus Tait]

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