Tata

Richard Haly rhaly at ix.netcom.com
Sat Nov 6 10:06:29 UTC 1999


> The key
> is that when they happen to get close to the local culture's kinship
> terms, they get rewarded with lots of praise and attention.  This feedback
> loop quickly trains them which sounds to use to trigger these reactions,
> and indeed typically leads to one of the first assignments of meaning to a
> sound (connecting 'mama' with mother and so forth).



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