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The document discusses the similarities and differences between behaviorist and innatist theories of language acquisition. Behaviorism dominated in the early 20th century and proposed that language is learned through imitation, practice, and reinforcement. Innatism, proposed by Chomsky in the 1950s, argues that humans possess an innate language acquisition device. While the theories differ greatly in their explanations, they both aim to describe aspects of first language learning and neither fully captures
- Author
- Mohammad Jahidul Islam
- Language
- EN