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| Raistlin Majere Trilingual Hexaglot Senior Member Spain uciprotour-cycling.c Joined 7155 days ago 455 posts - 424 votes  7 sounds Speaks: English*, Spanish*, Catalan*, FrenchA1, Italian, German Studies: Swedish | Message 1 of 2 08 May 2005 at 9:52am | IP Logged |
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I just read the threads about Ardaschir and his father, and that has made me think: do genetics have very much to do with language aptitudes, or is their importance quite small? Should relatives have more or less the same level of hability to learn languages? 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| victor Tetraglot Moderator United States Joined 7321 days ago 1098 posts - 1056 votes 6 sounds Speaks: Cantonese*, English, FrenchC1, Mandarin Studies: Spanish Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 2 08 May 2005 at 2:52pm | IP Logged |
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RM, in my opinion, I think that genetics may play a role in the way a person receives and processes information, therefore affecting the way he acquires a language, but I think environment is the number 1 thing. A Japanese infant placed in a Romantsch family in Switzerland will learn 2 or more languages.
I think there are just as many examples of a child having the same interests as her parents than of a child who is uninterested in what his parents do. I'm sure many of you know of a family where the father and son have the same profession, and another where they have completely different professions. I think that partly what made Ardaschir such a successful polyglot is that he has a family that encourages and fosters the learning of different languages. And now he is taking steps to ensure that his children have a chance to get exposed to different languages. This is not because of genetics but of the environment. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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