Re: Please welcome . . .
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, December 13, 2003, 0:25 |
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On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 09:20:29AM +0000, Peter Bleackley wrote:
> >Have you considered The Experiment yet? By which, of course, I mean raising
> >him to be bilingual in a conlang. Were I in your position, I think I'd have
> >to consider giving my child the advantage of a native understanding of
> >Lojban -- or possibly Maggel ;-)
I'm going to attempt raising him bilingual in English and Spanish despite
the fact that my Spanish is non-native. That'll be enough of a challenge. :)
> Someone tried that with tlhIngan Hol. The child rejected it at the age of 3.
I remember that. I wonder why the child rejected the language? Does it
violate some universal that made the kid reject it as a valid language,
or did he pick up something from the attitude of those around him indicating
that they didn't treat it seriously?
-Mark
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