• WldFyre@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    How could a child not be exposed to any spoken language without that circumstance also being somewhat traumatic?

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      2 months ago

      Did you read the Wikipedia article? I grant that isolation is inherently traumatic, but by itself, it pales in comparison to what that person went through.

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        2 months ago

        I grant that isolation is inherently traumatic

        That was my point, I don’t see how a traumatic experience during a child’s formative years could have no effect on their ability to learn or socialize later in life. I’m not making a “nature” argument, I’m making a “lack of nurture during the most important years” argument.