history article
Again, I found myself in a rut over my next paper which is due on Monday. Essay question: In what ways do bilingual infants differ in their early language development from monolingual infants? Thought this one would be straightforward enough but alas, trying to write this paper has exposed the stark reality that really, after nearly one semester, I still don't know nuts about early language learning!!! Tons and tons of reference material in front of me but every paragraph is peppered with 'cheem' linguistic terms which never seem to make any sense to me, even after I've checked out its meaning and all...
What is "pronominal subjects"? What does "postverbal strong overt pronoun" refer to? How about "preverbal weak prenominal clitics"? And just what in the world is the "C system"??
Lexicals, syntax, exhaustive categorization, mutual exclusivity, code switching, thematic, predicate, morpheme, allophones... How do people survive linguistics???
Vomits more blood 
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Anyway, my mind strays whenever I'm stuck with my assignments, and this time it found its way into FunkyGrad.com and I came across this article which I felt was very thought-provoking. It's an old issue, no doubt, but definitely a long-standing one which will never end as long as we exist. Just too bad most people are just so caught up in their own insercurities and ego that they refuse to see the other side of things.
"History is written by victors"
By the way, history is one of my favourite subjects, and that title really sums up my view of the wonderful world of historic accounts.
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1 comments:
Pearl, are you typing English????So difficult, me sure flunk man! Have to take out my dictionary!
But interesting question though.
In what ways do bilingual infants differ in their early language development from monolingual infants?
How does one define a bilingual infant? An infant who has yet to learn how to speak wouldn't know what language he is speaking. And what does it mean, early language development? That being in a multilingual household would benefit the child in the sense that the child can learn more languages faster? But I thought an infant's absortion of knowledge is much faster when young which was why people say teach them young, especially maths and languages? From a layman's point of view, my sure flunk answer is "one day it differs; the child will learn 2 languages at one go, so they know how to speak 2 languages instead of one, and hopefully one of them is Chinese and the other English so that for English they can succeed in the world since everybody speaks English and Chinese because to watch gossip shows in the Chinese language!"
Stupid answer. Truth is I see no difference since both infant has the same learning capacity, it is just what they're exposed to that will form the basis for the rest of their lives.
By the way "
"History is written by victors"? True true. Also favourable history is written by those who favours the victors, and defamatory remarks are rampant in history books. If historians are successfully sued, that will be the day. How do we know what history says is accurate?
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