nativism

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describe key aspects of the theory

  • humans have an inborn capacity for language in the form of a language acquisition device

  • all human languages share a deep rooted set of grammatical rules so we must have universal grammar

  • even if linguistic input I spoor, children will still be able to master their native language

  • there is a critical period where we are especially receptive to linguistic input (5 to 10 year olds)

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evidence supporting theory

  • ‘I drawed it’, incorrect use inflectional morpheme that children will not have heard others say, therefore universal grammar

  • we can produce sentences that are grammatically correct, yet have no meaning and that we have never heard before

  • if an adult was to say a grammatically incorrect sentence, a child would be able to notice this

  • burko and brown’s wugs

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evidence to contradict the theory

  • just because children do not learn solely from imitation does not mean that we have a language acquisition device

  • every language has a different syntax, therefore no universal grammar

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who put forward the theory of nativism

Chomsky