Chomsky believes that language is somewhat innate, and that children are born With what he calls a language acquisition device (LAD), which is a unique kind of knowledge that fits them for language learning. He argues that children are born with knowledge of the basic grammatical relations and...
5)Regional dialect地域方言:it is a linguistic variety used by people living in the same geographical region. It has been found that regional dialect boundaries often coincide with geographical barriers such as mountains, rivers and swamps. 6)LAD(Language Acquisition Device)语言习得机制:It was descri...
答案:Diller’s first principle that a living language is character... 填空题 1) ___ linguistic competence and linguistic performance 2) ___ assimilation and accommodation 3) ___ the language acquisition device (LAD) 4) ___ communicative competence 5) ___ the input...
Chomsky held that a language learner has, somewhere in his brain, a set of grammar rules with which he can use to make sentences. That is, language is characterized by rule-governed creativity. He claimed that every normal human being is born with an LAD (language acquisition device). The...
“Language Acquisition Device”(LAD) 1.3 Properties of language 语言的结构特征(Design features) 1)Arbitrariness(任意性) 2)Duality(双重性)3)Productivity (创造性) 4)Cultural transmission (文化传递性) 1. Arbitrariness---the form of linguistic signs(eg. words, phases) bear no natural relationship ...
“Language Acquisition Device”(LAD) 2.2 Design Features of Language语言的结构特征 Language distinguishes human beings from animals in that it is far more sophisticated than any animal communication system. Human language is ‘unique’ Arbitrariness 1. Arbitrarines任意性 Saussure: the forms of ...
Chapter2WhatisLanguage?IntroductiontoLinguistics 1 1.Whatarethemajorbranchesoflinguistics?Whatdoeseachofthemstudy?2.Inwhatbasicwaysdoesmodernlinguisticsdifferfromtraditionalgrammar?3.Ismodernlinguisticsmainlysynchronicordiachronic?4.WhatdoyouknowaboutSaussureandChomsky?2 Warm-upQuestions Whatarethesimilaritiesand...
39、cquisition Device Critical Period Hypothesis,答: Language 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. Language Acquisition Device, (also known as LAD). The LAD was described as an imagin...
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“language acquisition device”, or LAD) has a genetic basis, but the particular language a person learns to speak is a cultural one other than a genetic one like the dog’s barking system. If a human being is brought up in isolation he cannot acquire language. The Wolf Child reared by...