Wade Curry wrote: >.. > This exchange is what finally drew me into the thread. I don't > think laziness is the culprit. Instead, I think that all of us > compose our utterances on the fly, phrase by phrase. (And this is > specifically referring to speech; writing is another game.) I > doubt that anyone anywhere composes all spoken sentences before > uttering them. Composing thoughts seems to happen in only some > speakers, and I think that is what you are most likely referring to > when you talk about "composing sentences". I suppose a short > sentence could be completely composed if it were a single thought, > but I'm still not sure at what point the thought becomes language. > > What you seem to be describing is what I've heard called a > "super-monitor" by linguists who study 2nd language acquisition. I > have that ability and it has helped me quite a bit. >
This "super-monitor" capability -- can you summarize what that is? I'm guessing it's what makes me jealous of people who pick up languages easily. Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
