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Query Subject:	comprehension/production
Author:	Kirk Hazen
Submitter Email:	click here to access email

Linguistic LingField(s):	General Linguistics

Query:	Dear LINGUIST list: Does anyone know if it is possible for people to be able to ''fluently'' comprehend a language but not be able to (somewhat) fluently produce it? For example, I speak English and French, and although I can understand bits of Italian I am mostly lost in the language. Could someone acquire the comprehension of a language without acquiring the production in that language? When speaking of dialects in a language, the standard belief is that a person can understand multiple dialects of the same language without necessarily having the productive ability in those same dialects. Thanks and I will post a summary. Kirk @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Kirk Hazen, Ph.D. Phone: (304) 293-3107x414 Assistant Professor of English Fax: (304) 293-5380 Department of English http://www.as.wvu.edu/~khazen/ West Virginia University PO Box 6296 Morgantown West Virginia 26506-6296 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
LL Issue:	10.1050
Date posted:	08-Jul-1999
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