the innatis position

1. The Innatist Position.
Elena Luján Arreola
Viviana Contreras Quiñones
Eduardo Humaran
First Language Acquisition Theories.

2. The Innatist Position.
Elena Luján Arreola
Viviana Contreras Quiñones
Eduardo Humaran
First Language Acquisition Theories.

3. “It’s all in your mind”

4. Proposed by/supporters.
A God or a similar being or process placed innate
ideas and principles in the human mind.

5. Proposed by/supporters.
Avram Noam
Chomsky
Is an eminent
American
theoretical linguist,
cognitive scientist
and philosopher.

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)

12. Why is this important?

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.

15. “It’s all in your mind”

16. Proposed by/supporters.
A God or a similar being or process placed innate
ideas and principles in the human mind.

17. Proposed by/supporters.
Avram Noam
Chomsky
Is an eminent
American
theoretical linguist,
cognitive scientist
and philosopher.

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)

24. Why is this important?

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.