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Gh.M Posted 15 years ago
Linguistics Studies
Universal Transformation
Hi, everyone.
As we know, child has an ability to acquire language normally, but how a child can learn, for example, 3 languages at the same time. Is this has something to do with universal transformation?
I have read that " If all human languages contain transformations which are composed of the same elementry transformations, then, to the child, one language is the same as any other. What he must do is work out how the elementary transformations are used in specific transformation in English, Turkish, or whatever the language of his home is." (Roderick A. Jacobs)
I seriously need more explanation on this point.
Thanks.
As we know, child has an ability to acquire language normally, but how a child can learn, for example, 3 languages at the same time. Is this has something to do with universal transformation?
I have read that " If all human languages contain transformations which are composed of the same elementry transformations, then, to the child, one language is the same as any other. What he must do is work out how the elementary transformations are used in specific transformation in English, Turkish, or whatever the language of his home is." (Roderick A. Jacobs)
I seriously need more explanation on this point.
Thanks.
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M. Thick books have been written about multiligualism and multiple language acquisition. org/wiki/Multilingualism ]link [/url]will give you some ideas and information, and provides links to numerous related sites.
- M.
- Thick books have been written about multiligualism and multiple language acquisition.
- org/wiki/Multilingualism ]link [/url]will give you some ideas and information, and provides links to numerous related sites.
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Welcome to EF, Gh.M. Thick books have been written about multiligualism and multiple language acquisition. This [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilingualism]link [/url]will give you some ideas and information, and provides links to numerous related sites.
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