Child Language Acquisition Theories Part 1
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- Created on: 06-12-17 18:39
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- Child Language Acquisition Theories
- Noam Chomsky
- LAD (Language Acquisition Device)
- Children are able to acquire language
- The child's brain is already pre-wired to understand language
- Nativist Theory
- Can already understand language
- Children could overextend or create their own language rules
- LAD (Language Acquisition Device)
- Katherine Nelson- First Words
- Four groups of words are labelled
- Naming
- Actions/Events
- Describing or Modifying
- Personal or Social
- Four groups of words are labelled
- Rescorla- Overextensions
- Categorical Overextension A member within a category applies to all members
- Analogical Overextension One word for an object in a different category
- Mismatch Statements Abstract one-word sentences about one object in regard to another
- Jean Aitchison
- Labelling words linking to objects
- Packaging changing the labels or over and under extension
- Network Building is connecting words that are similar or different to the meaning
- Jerome Bruner (LASS)
- Children interacting with others
- Children need attention- the child needs attention
- Queries-asking what the object is named
- Labels- Saying what the object is called
- Feedback- Answering what the child has said
- Noam Chomsky
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