Language acquisition theorists

CHOMSKY - GENETIC ARGUEMENT 

• Language is uniquely human
• Children everywhere go through similar stages
• The critical period for a child to acquire language is up to the age of 7
• Language is innate (in built) LAD - Language Acquisition Device
• Language is a biological inevitability

SKINNER - BEHAVIOURIST MODEL

• Learned behaviour by repeated activity
• encouraged by positive reinforcement
• discouraged by negative reinforcement

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