Do we really need to learn explicit grammar rules?

10/09/2024 37 min Temporada 1 Episodio 5
Do we really need to learn explicit grammar rules?

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Send us a textChildren learn their first language without looking up any grammar rules, so why can't adults do the same? In this episode look at how the grammars of the world's languages differ. Having previously worked on "grammar" and even written a grammatical description of an Amazonian language, Mosetén, I decided to study Chinese without learning any explicit grammar rules at first. Why? Is that even possible?Support the show