Transcription of Noam Chomsky and Language Acquisition
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Language Acquisition Theory ESOL CPD Module 2 Chomsky Noam Chomsky and Language Acquisition Noam Chomsky is probably the best known and the most influential linguist of the second half of the Twentieth Century. He has made a number of strong claims about Language : in particular, he suggests that Language is an innate faculty - that is to say that we are born with a set of rules about Language in our minds, which he refers to as the 'Universal Grammar'. The universal grammar is the basis upon which all human languages build. If a Martian linguist were to visit Earth, he would deduce that there was only one Language , with a number of local variants. He would be able to study the Language and determine the rules based on the patterns he hears and the patterns of other languages.
Chomsky Noam Chomsky and Language Acquisition Noam Chomsky is probably the best known and the most influential linguist of the second half of the Twentieth Century. He has made a number of strong claims about language: in particular, he suggests that language is an innate faculty - that is to say that we are born with a set of
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