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what sort of things help children learn language if nature is the most important factor
language ability is innate, they just know language as they are human
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what sort of things help children learn language if nurture is the most important factor
caregivers - correcting, modelling and environment - play, books, technology
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what did chomsky suggest all children are born with
the ability to learn grammatical function (universal grammar) suggesting all languages are fundamentally the same
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what does the nativist theory say about children reaching stages
children reach stages of language acquisition at roughly the same time regardless of the level of interaction they receive
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does this theory support the nature or nurture argument
nature - learning language is a separate skill from those that need to be taught like mathematics
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what is LAD
language acquisition device
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what does LAD suggest
the acquisition of language is natural process up until the age of 6 after that learning language becomes more of a conscious effort
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what is lennebergs hypothesis
there is a critical period of about 6-7 years when learning language comes naturally
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what to look for in data that supports nature argument
virtuous errors, resisting correction, following predictable age stages, not just copying, producing combos of words they never heard before
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