Intransitive Verbs - do not need to be followed by an object to make sense. many verbs describing position, like sit and lie or motion like to run, or to go are intransitive.
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Lexical verbs express meaning in a verb phrase 'the boy ran to school'
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•children all around the world seem to acquire language by passing through a similar set of 'stages'
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everyone needs to acquire a certain minimum ability of language
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•there are at least a thousand aspects of grammatical construction, dealing with the rules; some are specific governing sentence and word formation, there are the prosodic features of pitch, loudness, speed and rhythm which convey meaning
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•the way you learn a 2nd language differs from the way you learn a 1st
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BEHAVIOURIST- CREATED BY B.F. SKINNER - Believes a newborn child is a 'blankslate' - acquires language through its environment. - TWO MAIN WAYS: Imitaition and POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT i.e. praise/correction.
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BEHAVIOURISM - Skinner (1957)
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Skinner regards langugage as similar other kinds of human behaviour. Success = Reward. The child sees the parents are happy and approving = REINFORCEMENT
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Evaluation: Phonological development and acquiring of words = imitation playing a part. Children develop regional accents showing they imitate sounds around them.
