D memory problem
When we learn a new language, which is similar to our own we easily acquire the words that are similar in meaning in the two languages.
Similarly structurel patterns of two languages are compared and contrasted. Pattern recognition is achieved through memory. Language is not as isolated words but has chunks or phrases. When retrived helped in the rapid ecquisition of language.
While language learning is essentially cognitive process involving rule discovery, it is also assisted by pattern practice through repetition. Memory thus has an important role to play in language learning.
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