LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

1. FIRST LANGUAGE

   • Definition

2. SECOND LANGUAGE

   • Definition
   • Types of learners
     • linguistic distinction
     • psychological distinction
     • sociolinguistic distinction
     • socio-psychological distinction
   • Contrast of development
   • Acquisition
   • Abilities to use it
     • Multilingualism
       • Multicompetence
     • Bilingualism
     • Monolingualism
       • Monocompetence

3. FRAMEWORKS

   • Linguistic perspective
     • Before 1960s
       • Structuralism
     • After 1960s
       • External focus
         • Functionalism
       • Internal focus
         • Transformational Generative Grammar
           • Innate capacity
             • Noam Chomsky
         • Principles and Parameters Model
           • Universal Grammar
             • Noam Chomsky
         • Minimalist Program
   • Psychological perspective
     • Languages and the brain
       • Neurolinguistics
     • Learning proceses
       • Information processing
       • Processability
       • Connectionism
     • Individual references
       • Humanistic models
   • Social Perspective
     • Microsocial focus
       • Variation Theory
       • Accomodation Theory
       • Sociocultural Theory
     • Macrosocial focus
       • Ethnography of communication
       • Acculturation Theory
       • Social Psychology

4. NATURE

   • The role of natural ability
   • The role of social experience

5. THE LOGICAL PROBLEM OF LANGUAGE LEARNING