Answer to Question #107147 in English for Dineo

Question

From your observation of how bilingual and multilingual people learn their languages,or your experience if you are bilingual or multilingual,do you think Pinker's(1994) definition about the natural drive to learn a language is applicable?

Answer 1

Yes. This is because language is a complex, specialized skill, which develops in the child spontaneously without conscious effort or formal instruction. It is also deployed without awareness of its underlying logic as well as being qualitatively the same in every individual. Finally, language is distinct from more general abilities to process information or behave intelligently.