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| ManicGenius Senior Member United States Joined 5482 days ago 288 posts - 420 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Esperanto, French, Japanese | Message 1 of 4 02 June 2010 at 10:05pm | IP Logged |
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Unaware if this has been posted before, but enjoy!
Language Lessons - You are what you speak (NewScientist) 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Smart Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5340 days ago 352 posts - 398 votes Speaks: Spanish, English*, Latin, French Studies: German | Message 2 of 4 02 June 2010 at 11:35pm | IP Logged |
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Well-written. Thanks for the share.
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| Doitsujin Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5321 days ago 1256 posts - 2363 votes Speaks: German*, English | Message 3 of 4 03 June 2010 at 9:58am | IP Logged |
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There are also studies that claim that bilinguals exhibit two different personalities:
http://www.scientificblogging. com/news_releases/does_the_personality_of_bilingual_people_c hange_when_the_language_does Another study: http://www.utpsyc.org/Nairan/research/bilingual.pdf Edit: Remove the space in the first link. Edited by Doitsujin on 03 June 2010 at 10:01am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Luai_lashire Diglot Senior Member United States luai-lashire.deviant Joined 5829 days ago 384 posts - 560 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto Studies: Japanese, French | Message 4 of 4 05 June 2010 at 6:48pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks! That was super interesting. I've never believed in universal grammar.... even after a lot of reading on the
subject it always sounded like a load of hooey to me. What really gets me is that someone has to explain to people that the brain is a thing that grows and changes. The paragraph on the second page wherein they explain that cognition is not a toolbox so much as a machine tool for making new tools as needed is a great metaphor. I just can't believe this is a new idea to some people. o.O; For me, it underlines the desperate need for greater interaction between branches of science- I think linguists need to work a little more closely with neuroscientists. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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