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Conlangery Shorts 31: Listen Like a Conlanger — Child Language

Conlangery Podcast

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Is There Something in Your World That You Don't Understand?

Maria has very simple concepts of space and time, distance within either isn't very meaningful to her. She also is essentially speaking what you would call a high context language. Maria will often come up to me and say, do it or do this and be with me rather confused about what she wants me to do. Asking clarifying questions becomes like pulling teeth as she gets frustrated and cry when I don't understand her.

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