2007-02-05 09:21:45 · 6 answers · asked by Sheena Cristina H 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Nurture.
Otherwise I would have been born with the ability to speak Greek and English without having to learn so hard.
2007-02-05 09:29:41 · answer #1 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both nature and nurture are involved here.
Children learn the language to which they are exposed--which is "nurture." But the underlying process which allows children to learn language is "wired-in" to our brains in some mysterious way--which is "nurture."
2007-02-05 20:49:43 · answer #2 · answered by clicksqueek 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
language is nurture. Communication is nature.
2007-02-05 17:30:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
People are born with the ability and tendency to program languages--a "mind map" for it, you might say. What is fed into the system determines what sound units the brain trains itself to be sensitive to.
2007-02-05 19:25:08 · answer #4 · answered by Rachel 410 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Language is 'spoken' and therefore it must be 'nurture' ... 'Nature' means that something in 'born in' or is 'genetic' or can't 'otherwise be changed' by mere 'human means' ...
2007-02-05 17:45:17 · answer #5 · answered by Kris L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nurture... of course
2007-02-05 17:30:14 · answer #6 · answered by crazybluechick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋