Bill Dickens wrote:
I suppose cowboy extraordinaire Pecos Bill who was raised
by coyotes, tamed a tornado and rescued the drought-stricken
agricultural economy of Texas is more urban legend than fact. (LOL)
Rural, surely.
--
Anton Sherwood, http://www.ogre.nu/
: Friday, September 06, 2002 7:34 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Feral Children
Diego! Diego! The definitive source on outlandish, but possibly
true facts is the weekly Straight Dope Column in the Chicago
Reader, written by Cecil Adams. To sum up Cecil's column,
yes, there a few authenticated
john hull wrote:
Also, language acquisition is hardwired, sort of like
the way chicks imprint their mothers. If you miss
that window then you're going to have real trouble.
That's why kids learn new languages so easily. This
window closes around puberty, if I recall correctly.
Yes and no.
Good point, Anton. Thanks!
-jsh
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Maybe the topic of feral children is a bit of target from the armchair
list, but I am curious to see if someone could share their knowedge
about this. Do the stories about feral children -lost or abandoned
children raised in extreme social isolation, either surviving in the
wild through
Diego! Diego! The definitive source on outlandish, but possibly
true facts is the weekly Straight Dope Column in the Chicago
Reader, written by Cecil Adams. To sum up Cecil's column,
yes, there a few authenticated cases of feral children, but
most researchers doubt that any of these were raised
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there a critical period for language acquisition?
Yup. Very early on all infants make all the sounds of
all human languages (I think they might be called
phonemes). Anyway, they get culled by imitating the
parents. Hence, it's so difficult for Japanese to say
