Other cultures are more picky

其他文化则更加挑剔
and they don't talk to their children

直到孩子自己能够开口说话
until their children themselves are talking.

他们才会和孩子讲话
This doesn't seem to make much of a difference in language learning.

看起来这对语言学习没什么太大的影响
Some studies have, motivated by Chomsky's work in expressed

受到乔姆斯基
-sorry, motivated by Chomsky's critique of Skinner's Verbal Behavior,

《斯金纳<言语行为>述评》的启发
have asked even in --

一些研究甚至询问道
"What if we just looked at children within the United States?

"要是我们只研究美国儿童又会怎样呢"
Don't these children get feedback?"

难道这些儿童们得不到反馈信息吗
And the answer is yes and no.

对这个问题的回答是既有又没有
So your average highly educated Western parent

受到普通高等教育的西方家长
does give their children feedback

确实会根据儿童所说的内容