> >>Do you consciously think about grammar when you speak? > >>Is grammar significant to communication? > >>- Darcy
> Can someone communicate effectively without having consciously learned > the rules of grammar specifically (as opposed to picking up general > concepts of communication)? Certainly, children do it all the time! Whether children 'consciously' learn grammar or 'pick it up' or have it hardwired, the point is that grammar has significance in communication. It does not mean that it is everything, but it is significant. Darcy's analogy is pointing out the flaw in the position that physics has NO significance in music. (By the way, children's speech is grammar-ridden from as soon as they string enough words together to have a grammar). Richard Yates _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
