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From: andre@shappski.demon.co.uk (Andre Shapps)
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Subject: Children and languages
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I have been told by students of linguistics that it is generally 
accepted that for children learning their first language, no language 
is any easy or any harder than any other. I find this difficult to 
accept intuitively. Can anyone comment on this?


Also, what, if anything, is known to be the effect of learning 2 or 
more languages as naitve tongues on a) linguistic ability, for example 
is the ability to speak any of the languages impaired in any way, and 
b) the child's inteligence?

-- 
Andre Shapps

