Apparently, students of child language (called "Mothers") note:
----- The first utterance of a 'Baby' ("My Baby") is
Mommy
Mo
Pa
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Then there's the two-pivot stage:
"Shoe brown"
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and so on, till we get to Grice's remarks:
"It seems to me as though the pillar-box in front of me is _red_, without me wishing to imply conversationally, of course, that it is NOT red."
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Next chapter: Grice on chimps
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
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