But children do learn language by listening to adult level language (although not optimally).
Note that this listening occurs within a perceivable/manipulable context, shared by the speaker and the listener. Kids don't learn language by listening to an ungrounded stream of adult yakking! That would be a verrrrrrry slow learning process, e.g. think of a child learning language solely by listening to adult-level talk radio delivered with little emotion and no sound effects...
And statistical language models do learn a model equivalent to that of a young child after training on adult level writing.
What do you mean by "equivalent to that of a young child"; I don't get it.... How the heck do you know the internal language model of a young child???? I find this claim not very credible... ben g ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=231415&user_secret=fabd7936
