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Theories of Language Development
- Nativist Approaches
- Originally believed that language
acquisition was based on the
same general learning principles
of operant condition. Noam
Chomsky then argued that
language is an innate mechanism
that matures according to a
biological timetable.
- Universal grammar-
a set of abstract,
unconscious rules
that all human
languages are based
on
- Language acquisition device
(LAD)- an innate mechanism that
helps children to understand and
reproduce the rules in any given
language that is activated when
the child hears speech
- Module- a linguistic or
cognitive system that is
designed for a specific
purpose and which
functions independently
from other cognitive
systems
- Universal grammar-
a set of abstract,
unconscious rules
that all human
languages are based
on
- Originally believed that language
acquisition was based on the
same general learning principles
of operant condition. Noam
Chomsky then argued that
language is an innate mechanism
that matures according to a
biological timetable.
- Cognitive Developmental Approaches
- Emphases the interaction between
cognition and language. In order to learn
the meanings of words and sentences,
children first needs to have a concept of
the thing being referred to.
- Some of the basic concepts
acquired during infancy also
shows a close correspondence
with some of the first
words/phrases that children
produce
- Some of the basic concepts
acquired during infancy also
shows a close correspondence
with some of the first
words/phrases that children
produce
- Emphases the interaction between
cognition and language. In order to learn
the meanings of words and sentences,
children first needs to have a concept of
the thing being referred to.
- Envrionmental-Interactionist Approaches
- Three main
approaches have
been proposed
- 1. kind of language
interactions
between a child
and their parents.
- 2. the social
and
communicative
functions of
language.
- this functionalist approach maintains
that children's basic motivation for
learning language is to understand those
around them and to communicate their
own thoughts/feelings
- this functionalist approach maintains
that children's basic motivation for
learning language is to understand those
around them and to communicate their
own thoughts/feelings
- 3. a statistical
learning
approach that
assumes all
languages
contain certain
statistical
regularities, that
certain kinds of
sounds, words
and word
combinations
occur with more
frequency than
others
- 1. kind of language
interactions
between a child
and their parents.
- Three main
approaches have
been proposed
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