Am Montag, 31. Juli 2006 18:50 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
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> Real-world, assuming someone with high intelligence and a talent for
> languages, but no specific training in, say, linguistics. How many
> languages could they plausibly speak fluently? What number seems too
> many?
No training in *linguistics* or no training in / deliberate exposure to
*languages*? One has little to do with the other. Linguistics makes you a
better stylist and teacher of languages, but not a better speaker.
Without being trained, but with exposure to several languages, I'd say you can
be everyday-fluent in 3-5 languages. That would not allow you to pass for a
native speaker, but to function in normal socierty without any major
inconvenience. With deliberate language training (even without academic
courses or linguistics), you can go as high as ten by a relatively young age
(say 35). There are people on record mastering 30 or 40, but they are
professionals with nothing else to do.
Native speaker competence will take either long-term exposure or hard,
deliberate training. Achieving it on more than one or two foreign languages
is a tremendous achievement. Most people never manage.
Volker
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