LAD provides

children with a
knowledge of
linguistic
universals
such as the
existence
of word order and
word classes.

LAD provides
children
only general
procedures for
discovering
language
to be learned.

Evidence used to support Chomskys innatist position:

Evidence used to support Chomskys innatist position:

Evidence used to support Chomskys innatist position:

The biological basis for the

innatist
position:
The Critical
Period Hypothesis (CPH)
Lenneberg:

There is a specific and limited time

period (i.e., critical period) for the
LAD to work successfully.
Only when it is stimulated
at the right time

The
biological
basis for the
innatist
position:

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Theory
Behaviorist

Central idea
Children imitate adults. Their correct

linguist
Skinner

utterances are reinforced when they get what

they want or are praised.

Innate

Language is an innate capacity. A child's brain

Chomsky

contains special language-learning mechanisms

at birth.

Cognitive

Lang. is just one aspect of a childs overall

Piaget

intellectual development

Cognitive

Language is a symbolic representation which

allow the children to abstract the world.

Lev
Vygotsky