6. Originating in the mind.
Existing from birth; natural (to a person or animal).
Innate(adj.)
7. Beliefs.
➔ “Children do not appear to have access to the linguistic facts required to induce syntactic rules, which implies
that they must be genetically endowed with linguistic principles to guide their acquisition of such rules (Chomsky,
1980; Lightfoot, 1982).”
8. Classroom Implications.
Children “know” certain things of the language just by being exposed to a limited number of
samples.
Children acquire grammatical rules without getting explicit instructions.
9. Examples/evidence.
Children can produce a word that they’ve never heard before and can properly apply internalized grammatical rules
to that word
ex) Tatty Tatties
Deaf children’s parents did not want them to learn sign language. The children had not yet entered a program
that would teach them lip reading or oral language skills, yet even with no exposure to any kind of language,
the children developed their own systems of manual sign communication that incorporated most formal
features of language. (Goldin-Meadow & Mylander, 1990)
14. References & Further Reading.
★ This powerpoint presentation (auto-download).
★ http://www.chomsky.info
★ http://www.famousscientists.org/noam-chomsky/
★ “Advances in Applied Psycholinguistics: Disorders of First Language
Development”, volume 1. via books.google.com.mx
★ A .pdf file available here.
18. Originating in the mind.
Existing from birth; natural (to a person or animal).
Innate(adj.)
19. Beliefs.
➔ “Children do not appear to have access to the linguistic facts required to induce syntactic rules, which implies
that they must be genetically endowed with linguistic principles to guide their acquisition of such rules (Chomsky,
1980; Lightfoot, 1982).”
20. Classroom Implications.
Children “know” certain things of the language just by being exposed to a limited number of
samples.
Children acquire grammatical rules without getting explicit instructions.
21. Examples/evidence.
Children can produce a word that they’ve never heard before and can properly apply internalized grammatical rules
to that word
ex) Tatty Tatties
Deaf children’s parents did not want them to learn sign language. The children had not yet entered a program
that would teach them lip reading or oral language skills, yet even with no exposure to any kind of language,
the children developed their own systems of manual sign communication that incorporated most formal
features of language. (Goldin-Meadow & Mylander, 1990)
26. References & Further Reading.
★ This powerpoint presentation (auto-download).
★ http://www.chomsky.info
★ http://www.famousscientists.org/noam-chomsky/
★ “Advances in Applied Psycholinguistics: Disorders of First Language
Development”, volume 1. via books.google.com.mx
★ A .pdf file available here.
