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Re:Complete Introduction to Particles in Japanese by djtango on Saturday August 27, 2022 @12:21PM (#32620589)
Hmmm I think if you observe children my personal conclusion is that in practice (over theory) thought and language are intractable and as we mature, expression becomes more acute and so language acquisition is faster because we no longer need to learn how to think.

A 6 year old needs to learn $LANGUAGE and science simultaneously

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Re:Complete Introduction to Particles in Japanese by dymk on Saturday August 27, 2022 @12:25PM (#32620628)
Indeed, that's why adults are still favored in language learning, with the exception of phonology (which does make sense, retraining all those fine movements truly is harder than starting with the right movements to begin with) - https://sites.psu.edu/bilingualismmatters/children-vs-adults...

Adults win in acquisition speed because we already have a template for learning a language.

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