tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post6120843113813129429..comments2024-03-28T18:35:54.237+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: a discourse on acquiring (not learning) a languageKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-91890369317145341002019-06-09T12:30:13.545+09:002019-06-09T12:30:13.545+09:00Huh. I've run into that a lot--or at least mor...Huh. I've run into that a lot--or at least more than you would expect.<br /><br />At the very least, I've often heard Koreans attribute a characteristic of Hangeul (i.e., its "scientific nature") to the Korean language itself. Which of course makes no sense at all, because languages develop through usage, not scientific development (unless we're talking about invented languages).Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-83403941993108857042019-06-08T11:44:21.845+09:002019-06-08T11:44:21.845+09:00I've never once heard that Koreans conflate 한글...I've never once heard that Koreans conflate 한글 and 한국어. Maybe I'm the idiot. Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-48602186221097891672019-06-08T11:23:15.121+09:002019-06-08T11:23:15.121+09:00I've been out of the language pedagogy busines...I've been out of the language pedagogy business for a long time, but I've never agreed with the idea that adults should acquire languages like children acquire languages. Children acquire languages like children because they are children. Adults have different experiences, a different set of tools, and different goals. It never made much sense to me to ignore grammar or shun correction (incidentally, children are corrected all the time when acquiring their mother tongue).<br /><br />Also, on an amusing note, surely you've heard even <i>Koreans</i> refer to the Korean language as "hangeul," no? And it is even more common for Koreans to conflate the language and the writing system, thus coming up with absurd statements like, "Korean is a highly scientific language."Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.com