It is true that the capacity for language in human beings (N. Chomsky called it “language acquisition device”, or LAD) has a geneticbasis, but the particular language a person learns to speak is a cultural one rather than a genetic one like the dog’s barking system. If a human ...
1、chapter 10 language acquisition 名字。名字。definition:llanguage acquisition-refers to the childs acquisition of his mother tongue, i.e. how the child comes to understand and speak the language of his community. it refers to first language not second language acquisionlchildren all over the ...
tionofhowacquisitioncouldworkinprinciple–howalearnercancorrectly generalizefromafinitesampleofsentencesincontexttotheinfiniteset ofsentencesthatdefinethelanguagefromwhichthesamplewasdrawn.As such,thelogicalproblemisnotabeliefortheoryorclaim(eithernativistor ...
(see alsoWexler,1999). Thisargumentformsthebasisofthelogicalproblemof languageacquisition,whichisessentiallyaninduction problem.Achildonlyhearsafinitenumberofsentencesbut hastogeneralizefromthisinputtoaninfinitesetof sentencesthatincludestheinputsample.Thisinfinitesetis thesetofsentencesgeneratedbythelanguagethechild...
acquisition UnconsciousprocessDoesnotpresupposeteachingChildcontrolspaceusesgrammatical"feel"语言习得：通常指在自然的语言环境中，通过旨在沟通意义的言语交际活动，不自觉地，自然地掌握或获得第一语言。典型的例子是儿童习得第一语言。语言学习：通常指在学校环境下，有专门的教师指导，严格按照教学大纲和课本，通过讲解，...
•Universalgrammar(UG)isatheoryoflinguisticspostulatingprinciplesofgrammarsharedbyalllanguages,thoughttobeinnatetohumans(linguisticnativism).Itattemptstoexplainlanguageacquisitioningeneral,notdescribespecificlanguages.Universalgrammarproposesasetofrulesintendedtoexplainlanguageacquisitioninchilddevelopment.UG •Somestudents...
5 ThestudyofUGhasattractedconsiderableattentionfrommanysecondlanguageacquisitionresearchersbecauseknowledgeoflinguisticuniversalsmayhelptoshapeL2acquisitioninanumberofways. Forexample,itcanprovideexplanationsfordevelopmentalsequencesandlanguagetransfer.6 Structuralcomplexity ...
According to Chomsky, language is not a form of behaviour, it is an intricate system and a large part of language acquisition is the learning of this system. 【答案】rule-based 【解析】乔姆斯基认为,语言并不是一种行为,而是一套精密的以规则为基础的系统,语言习得主要是学习这一系统。 The theory...
↵ Stevens G . The age-length-onset problem in research on second language acquisition among immigrants . Language Learning 2006 ; 56 ( 4 ): 671 - 92 .Stevens G. (2006). The age-length-onset problem in research on second language acquisition among immigrants. Lang. Learn. 56 671–692...
Tasksprovideboththeinputandoutputprocessingnecessaryforlanguageacquisition:Krashenhaslonginsistedthat comprehensibleinputistheonenecessarycriterionforsuccessfullanguageacquisition,andothersarguedthatproductiveoutputisalsocriticalforadequateL2development.Taskactivityandachievementaremotivational:Taskscan improvelearnermotivation...