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Adam and Eve development of grammar Children learn language by a seemingly effortless interaction between their brains and their language-rich environments. This process begins at a very young age. At birth, babies show a preference for language over other sounds, and after a few weeks, they can distinguish sounds of their native language from those of a foreign one. Normally developing babies utter their first words between nine and eighteen months, and by age four, most children are learning an average of ten words a day! But language is not simply words. A true language is governed by a set of rules about how all those words can be combined and modified (i.e., grammar). Language is an integral part of our culture. Our games, songs, cheers, and stories, which rely on linguistic communication, transmit our history and values, express our hopes and fears, and forge friendships. Language, like other expressions of symbolic...

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