One of the many areas of knowledge that intrigues me on an admittedly casual level is language acquisition. I sometimes think I should have chucked the whole religion thing long ago and gone back to grad school in child development. Although as distractable as I am, I’m also sure that would have lasted five minutes.<\/p>\n
Anyway, what interests me is how children internalize the rule of language and apply them without being explicitly taught how. Of course, this often results in mis-applications, which, however, are perfectly logical if you think about them.<\/p>\n
Christopher, lo those many years ago, for a very long time said “mise” instead of mine. Get it? Think of it as “my’s”.<\/p>\n
Now, a couple of decades later, Joseph, although he sometimes says “No I’m not,” just as often says “No, I amn’t.” <\/p>\n
But his most frequent declaration is to stand with his hands on his hips and declare, with deeply furrowed brow, “I’m angry of you!”<\/p>\n
See? At least he knows it’s a preposition. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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