新编简明英语语言学教程-第二版-戴炜栋10-Language-Acquisition.pptVIP

Chapter 10 Language acquisition Language acquisition----refers to the child’s acquisition of his mother tongue, i.e. how the child comes to understand and speak the language of his community. Theories of child language acquisition A behaviorist (行为主义者）view of language acquisition (Skinners) An innatist （语法天生主义者） view of language acquisition (Chomsky) An interactionist （互动主义者） view of language acquisition A behaviorist view of language acquisition Traditional behaviorists view language as behavior and believe that language learning is simply a matter of imitation and habit formation.