CSD 2366 Unit 1
identify the model:
-believes that children learn linguistic knowledge from the environmental input that they are exposed to
-assume we can learn and use language because we have a large, complicated brain
-major focus: lang. use - Answer -interactionalist
identify the model:
-believes we have a brain designed for learning and processing language
-believes children are born with the ability to learn language b/c of innate rules or principles in the brain
-major focus: lang. structure - Answer -generative/nativist
what believes that language is a structure arising from existing interacting patterns in the brain; children
find patterns in the language input they receive? - Answer -emergentism
which psychologist was a nativist? - Answer -chomsky
which psychologist was into emergentism? - Answer -skinner
, identify the approach:
-sees language as composed of constructions or symbol units that combine the form and meaning of
language through the use of morphemes, words, idioms, and sentence frames
-interactionalist usage-based - Answer -constructionist
Constructionalist approach believes that b/c young children have not developed adultlike abstract
representations, they use _________ structures inconsistently. - Answer -grammatical
T/F: Generativists/Nativists conceived of linguistic rules as abstract processes for combining words and
morphemes. - Answer -true
______ _______ rules are thought of as meaningful linguistic systems for communication, not just
abstract rules to be followed. - Answer -constructionalist linguistic
______-reading: by which they attempt to understand the communicative significance of an utterance -
Answer -intention
______-finding: by which they create the more abstract dimensions. - Answer -pattern
Interactionist approach theoretical weakness:
a.) not comprensive enough
b.) does not account for outside influences from the environment
c.) doesn't fully explain language development - Answer -c
in the constructionalist approach, a child uses the form that best accomplishes their ... - Answer -social
goals
these are...
1.) interest in language development represents part of a larger concern for human development
2.) it is interesting/can help us understand our own behavior
3.) can probe the relationship between language and thought - Answer -reasons why we study language
identify the model:
-believes that children learn linguistic knowledge from the environmental input that they are exposed to
-assume we can learn and use language because we have a large, complicated brain
-major focus: lang. use - Answer -interactionalist
identify the model:
-believes we have a brain designed for learning and processing language
-believes children are born with the ability to learn language b/c of innate rules or principles in the brain
-major focus: lang. structure - Answer -generative/nativist
what believes that language is a structure arising from existing interacting patterns in the brain; children
find patterns in the language input they receive? - Answer -emergentism
which psychologist was a nativist? - Answer -chomsky
which psychologist was into emergentism? - Answer -skinner
, identify the approach:
-sees language as composed of constructions or symbol units that combine the form and meaning of
language through the use of morphemes, words, idioms, and sentence frames
-interactionalist usage-based - Answer -constructionist
Constructionalist approach believes that b/c young children have not developed adultlike abstract
representations, they use _________ structures inconsistently. - Answer -grammatical
T/F: Generativists/Nativists conceived of linguistic rules as abstract processes for combining words and
morphemes. - Answer -true
______ _______ rules are thought of as meaningful linguistic systems for communication, not just
abstract rules to be followed. - Answer -constructionalist linguistic
______-reading: by which they attempt to understand the communicative significance of an utterance -
Answer -intention
______-finding: by which they create the more abstract dimensions. - Answer -pattern
Interactionist approach theoretical weakness:
a.) not comprensive enough
b.) does not account for outside influences from the environment
c.) doesn't fully explain language development - Answer -c
in the constructionalist approach, a child uses the form that best accomplishes their ... - Answer -social
goals
these are...
1.) interest in language development represents part of a larger concern for human development
2.) it is interesting/can help us understand our own behavior
3.) can probe the relationship between language and thought - Answer -reasons why we study language
