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Theories of Child Language Acquisition by Alejandra Soto is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document discusses several theories of first language acquisition from a linguistic and psychological perspective. It begins by outlining the nature vs nurture debate, then describes behaviorist and nativist approaches. Behaviorism views language as learned through environmental stimuli while nativism posits an innate language acquisition device. The document concludes that modern theories see language acquisition as an interaction between innate predispositions and social/cognitive development through
- Author
- Alejandra Soto
- Language
- EN