Charles
>>> Eubulides <prince.plumples at gmail.com> 9/20/2007 12:08 AM >>>
On 9/19/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> On Sep 19, 2007, at 3:46 PM, Miles Jackson wrote:
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> > I'd read that as a sign of socialization into a commodity culture.
> > Kids
> > that age are sociolinguistic sponges.
>
> It happened so quickly & forcefully. He almost never watches TV, and
> doesn't hear a lot of it from us.
>
> And if you're a "sociolinguistic sponge," you must be pretty
> receptive to new stuff. Yes, Ian's right about the old and familiar
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> repetition is the bane of a toddler parent's existence - but novelty
> is pretty powerful too. Which must have something to do with why
> we're easy marks for the "New!" and why Sut Jhally is fighting a
> majorly uphill battle.
>
> Doug
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It goes the other way too; I've never read "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back" to Aidan the same way twice. Nor any other book he loves.
Ian