I just spent the weekend with my nieces and nephews, aged 2-6, who I’ve spent a lot of time with since they were each born. How do their brains acquire language? They use definite articles, punctuation, timing, and seem to comprehend some of the exceptions / contradictions in the English language. Scientifically / neurologically, what is going on here?
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So Chomsky did some groundbreaking work on this. Apparently language grows in the brain. He compared it to any other muscle growing. Good development comes with exercise. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3U6MsdBalg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3U6MsdBalg)
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