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Book 31. (1 results) Conspirators of Gor (Individual Quote)

I learned it much as a child learns his native language, in the beginning by ostension, and then by metaphor, correction, refinement, and intuition. - (Conspirators of Gor, Chapter 7, Sentence #254)
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7 254 I View more quotes about learned">learned it much as a child learns his native language, in the beginning by ostension, and then by metaphor, correction, refinement, and intuition.

Book 31. (7 results) Conspirators of Gor (Context Quote)

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7 251 I do not think there was anything surprising or anomalous in this, for the linguistic skills of women, for whatever reason, tend to be considerable.
7 252 Is not language the art, and joy, of women? To be sure, the intensity of the instruction, and the immersion in the speech world of Gor were doubtless relevant.
7 253 Perhaps of importance, as well, was the natural way it was taught.
7 254 I learned it much as a child learns his native language, in the beginning by ostension, and then by metaphor, correction, refinement, and intuition.
7 255 Even throughout human history on Earth, women, I realized, as I now, must strive to learn the languages of conquerors and masters.
7 256 It seems not unlikely then that the women who most swiftly and successfully learned the languages of their captors and masters, and were then most successful in pleasing and placating them, would be those most likely to survive and breed.
7 257 Whatever may be the truth in such matters, my skills proceeded apace.
I do not think there was anything surprising or anomalous in this, for the linguistic skills of women, for whatever reason, tend to be considerable. Is not language the art, and joy, of women? To be sure, the intensity of the instruction, and the immersion in the speech world of Gor were doubtless relevant. Perhaps of importance, as well, was the natural way it was taught. I learned it much as a child learns his native language, in the beginning by ostension, and then by metaphor, correction, refinement, and intuition. Even throughout human history on Earth, women, I realized, as I now, must strive to learn the languages of conquerors and masters. It seems not unlikely then that the women who most swiftly and successfully learned the languages of their captors and masters, and were then most successful in pleasing and placating them, would be those most likely to survive and breed. Whatever may be the truth in such matters, my skills proceeded apace. - (Conspirators of Gor)