A propos of language acquisition and long-term memory, Austin, you might be interested in a book I read some years ago: "The Scientist in the Crib: What Early Learning Tells Us About the Mind," by Alison Gopnik, Andrew Meltzoff, and Patricia Kuhl. Or p'raps you've already read it; I don't remember it really well (since my own memory is deteriorating, sigh), as I read it before Harpo was born, but I do remember enjoying it a great deal, and having a few "aha" moments in his babyhood.

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minnie