PS275 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Language Acquisition Device, Noam Chomsky, Functional Theories Of Grammar
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More than a purely cognitive achievement, also involves social growth. Children learn a specific language with all its cultural needs. Acquiring language is considered the bridge between infancy and childhood. Bahvioursits (ie, b. f. skinner) language is : Result of reinforcement for imitating other speakers of the language. The result of experience and reinforcement from the environment (placement observe how kids learn) Innate ability to look for structure and grammar in language. Ability to learn grammar is hard wired into the brain. Provides the connection system" that allows us to pick up language. Children are born prepared to learn any language and to recognizance language patterns. Language learning is very different from any other type of learning theories of language development interactionist perspective. Language acquisition requires both innate abilities and experience with language. We know a lot more about development of language then how it takes place two key processes i language development:
