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>> > Moreover, consider the case of isolated/solitary children.
>> > They often demonstrate social, cognitive and emotional
>> > deficits--it's not just that they don't know how to use a
>> > spoon or speak a language! Human development seems to
>> > require social interaction.
>>
>>Right. Any keywords? I thought the term for this was
>>_marasmus_ but this word appears to be defined as a physical
>>or medical concept associated with malnutrition.
>
>
>we typically refer to the very rare cases of what they call "feral
>children" to talk about the ways in which language in social interaction
>shape human development. according to these case studies, even when these
>children are discovered and taught language and social skills they are
>generally still unable to use language with any facility. Genie is the
>typical case, since she was found in the 1930s I think. Far more was
>written on her than so-called wolf children like "Victor". Genie was tied
>to a chair and isolated in a room from the age of 20months. Her mother was
>deaf or blind or both and didn't interact with her. They fed her by shoving
>a tray in her room--I think. Hazy memory.
>
>kelley
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>
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