On 6/28/07, Bob La Quey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Again I think this goes back to hard wiring. At your age your
brain is not as capable of learning grammer (and filtering
the associated sounds) as it was when you were a very
young child. There is IMHO not a damn thing you can do
about this. Trying to get it back is like a bald man trying
to grow hair. It ain't gonna happen.
Maybe someday we will have a Viagra for this, but I suspect
it is a bit more complicated than just getting the blood to go
to the right place :)
Somewhat relevant and interesting is this study.
http://www.nih.gov/news/NIH-Record/06_11_2002/story01.htm
I was looking for that one to add to the general information. But you
found it first.
Anecdotal evidence for loss of language learning ability at about the
time of puberty.
Henry Kissinger was born in Germany and came to the US at the age of
15. His younger brother Walter was 11, and has no noticeable German
accent. When asked for an explanation of this, Walter said "I am the
Kissinger who listens when others speak".
carl
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