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Child Language theorists
- Steven Pinker
- Language isn't just
one long list of
memorised
sentences
- Children apply grammar
rules to their language
- Based his ideas on Chomsky
- WUGS
test
- Language isn't just
one long list of
memorised
sentences
- Chomsky
- Language Aquisition Device (LAD)
- Children are born with
an innate knowledge of
language
- They already know
linguistic rules
- They already know
linguistic rules
- E.g. Particularly with verbs;
adding an '-ed' inflection onto
the final of the word to turn
the infinitive into the past
tense participle
- As the language is heard, the baby
works out a grammatical set of
rules from what they have observed
- Children are born with
an innate knowledge of
language
- Humanistic
- Nature
- Nature
- Language Aquisition Device (LAD)
- Jean Piaget
- Cognitivism
- Nature
- Nature
- The sensorimotor stage
Annotations:
- Lasts until 2 years old. Language skills, at this stage, are mainly physical, the baby experiments making sounds with their mouth. In the process, they imitate sounds that their parents have made and learn in which context they should be used.
- The preoperational stage
Annotations:
- 2-7 years. Child talks constantly but most of what they say does not need to be said out loud.
- Egocentrism
- When children become
involved in their own bubble
and do not realise that
people are observing them
- When children become
involved in their own bubble
and do not realise that
people are observing them
- The formal operational stage
Annotations:
- 12+ years. Can use language to express and debate abstract theoretical concepts
- The concrete operational stage
Annotations:
- 7-12 years. Child can only deal with concrete and specific facts through language instead of abstract concepts.
- Cognitivism
- Bruner
- Interactionalist
- Nurture
- Nurture
- Language
Aquisition Support
System (LASS)
- Parents use pictures and
books to help their children
understand language and get
involved in conversation
- 1. Gaining attention
- 2. Query
- 3. Label
- 4. Feedback
- Interactionalist
- Skinner
- Behaviourist
- Nurture
- Nurture
- Children immitate
their parents/carers
- Language is conditioned
into a person through a
series of positive
reinforcement and
punishment
- Behaviourist
- Vygotsky
- More
Knowledgable
Others
(MKOs)
- More
Knowledgable
Others
(MKOs)
- Halliday
- Instrumental
Annotations:
- Language used to fulfill a need on the part of the speaker. Mostly related with food, drink and comfort.
- Regulatory
Annotations:
- Language used to influence the behaviour of others. Usually concerned with persuading/commanding/ requesting someone to do something you want
- Interactional
Annotations:
- Language used to develop social relationships and ease the process of interaction. Concerned withthe phatic dimension of talk.
- Imaginative
Annotations:
- Language used to explore the imagination. May also accompany play as children explore imaginary worlds.
- Heuristic
Annotations:
- Language used to learn and explore the environment. This may be quesitons and answers or the running commentary that accompanies children's play
- Personal
Annotations:
- Language used to express the personal preferences and identity of the speaker. Sometimes referred to as the "Here I am function" - children announcing themselves to the world.
- Representational
Annotations:
- Language used to exchange information
- Instrumental
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