Theorist - Chomsky

Theorist - Chomsky

1. 1 Cognitive scientist and philosopher

2. 2 He believes children

   • 3 Born learn human language naturally
     • 4 Do not require specific training

3. 5 Each child language acquisition device

   • 6 provides important elements
     • 7 of language
       • 8 and how grammar is structured
         • 9 At a basic level in the child's brain

4. 10 believes that children develop

   • 11 learn new words themselves
     • 12 and learn to apply words to sentences
       • 13 that understood by others

5. 14 children would not learnt language

   • 15 simply listening adult speaking
     • 16 adult talk very different way
       • 17 often without grammar
         • 18 children could not really understand

6. 19 Also believes language is complex

   • 20 all children able in their own specific
     • 21 language within five or six years

7. 22 language naturally ability

   • 23 achieved regardless
     • 24 the child's intellectual ability

8. 23 Children don't make errors in grammar

   • 24 when they speak
     • 25 are able understand errors
       • 27 example adults make
         • 28 sentence incorrect or poor grammar

9. 28 sentences spoken by children

   • 29 have good grammar without
     • 30 actually any sense or being understood

10. 31 children produce sentences

    • 32 words they never heard
      • 33 confirming use grammar
        • 34 comes naturally
          • 35 without being taught