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Faculty of Humanities and Social Science => English => Topic started by: Md. Mostafa Rashel on December 14, 2014, 05:59:30 PM

Title: Psycholinguistics : First Language Acquisition Theories _Linguistic/Innatist
Post by: Md. Mostafa Rashel on December 14, 2014, 05:59:30 PM

First Language Acquisition Theories : Linguistic/Innatist Theory


Theoretician(s)
•   Psammetichus
•   Lenneberg(critical period hypothesis)
•   Chomsky
•   Goldin-Meadow (deaf children's developing language)
•   Bickerton (pidgin--creaole)
•   Lightfoot


Hypothesis:
Many aspects of language development are preprogrammed in the individual and a child does not require explicit teaching or experience in order to acquire language. (Not "a" language)
•   Language is autonomous (Modular)
•   There is Universal Principles (UG) which any natural human language obeys.
•   LAD

Evidence for the hypothesis
•   Studies with deaf
•   Pidgin -- > creole studies
•   deficiency of input (Lightfoot)
•   Negative evidence and correction

REFERENCES
Gleason and Ratner (1998). Psycholinguistics. Second Edition. Forth Worth: Harcourt Brace Collage Publishers.
Keenan and Comrie (1977). "Noun phrase accessibility and universal grammar." Linguistic inquiry.8 (1), 63-99.

Title: Re: Psycholinguistics : First Language Acquisition Theories _Linguistic/Innatist
Post by: Antara11 on December 14, 2014, 07:50:41 PM

Truly very informative.

Title: Re: Psycholinguistics : First Language Acquisition Theories _Linguistic/Innatist
Post by: Tahsina on June 02, 2015, 09:57:42 AM

It was good to get the theories in a nutshell. But for people like us (without the linguistics background) I think a few easy examples could work wonders.  :)

Title: Re: Psycholinguistics : First Language Acquisition Theories _Linguistic/Innatist
Post by: Afroza Akhter Tina on June 02, 2015, 10:01:44 AM

Informative indeed!!





Afroza Akhter Tina
Senior Lecturer
Department of English, DIU

Title: Re: Psycholinguistics : First Language Acquisition Theories _Linguistic/Innatist
Post by: Subrata.eng on July 02, 2015, 10:02:38 AM

I do agree with Tahsina ma'am.

Title: Re: Psycholinguistics : First Language Acquisition Theories _Linguistic/Innatist
Post by: Shahriar Mohammad Kamal on July 02, 2015, 01:04:00 PM

Noam Chomsky is one of the pioneers.