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Language acquisition theorists
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- 1Katherine Nelson (1973)Categorised first words as:
1. Naming
2. actions/events
3. describing/modifying things
4. personal/social words - 2Leslie RescorlaOver extention
- 3Eve ClarkChildren base over extentions on:
- The physical quality of objects
- features, such as taste, sound, movement, shape, size and texture - 4Piaget's stages of children's linguistic developmentSenorimotor (0-2years) = Child experiences physical world through senses and begins classifying things
Pre-Operational(2-7years) = Language and motor skills develop and become more competent. Language is egocentric
Concrete operational (7-11years) = children begin thinking logically about concrete events
Formal operational (11+ years) = abstract reasoning skills develop - 5Dores functionssee mind map
- 6Halliday's functionssee mind map
- 7The 'fis' phenomenonparent: "what's this?"
Child: "a fis"
Parent: "Do you mean a fish"
Child: "yes a fis"
Children mean to say 'fish' but they cannot pronounce the 'sh' sound - 8Skinnerimitation theory
The idea that children acquire language by copying others. Although vocabulary can be developed this way, grammatical constructions cannot - 9ChomskyInnateness theory
Children are born with an innate capacity for language development. Children do not have linguistic competence but they are ready to learn it - 10Piaget's cognitive theoryThe idea that language acquisition must be viewed in the context of a child's intellectual development.
(Language development parallels the development of thinking and knowledge) - 11Social theories - BrunerLanguage acquisition is related to the social context of the child
- 12LAD (Language Acquisition Device)1. baby knows about linguistic universals
2. baby hears speech in native language
3. baby is able the make hypothesis about the language
4. The baby works out the grammar/set of rules
5. The grammar becomes more and more like that of adults - 13LASS (Language Acquisition Support System)Given by parents etc.
4 Types of utterances:
1. gaining attention
2. Query
3. Label
4. Feedback
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