II. The How Question
1. the nurture (learning) view
A. imitation B. selective reinforcement
2. the nature (not learned) view
A. N. Chomsky
a. language acquisition device
(LAD)
3. evidence for nature vs nurture
A. other primates (can you teach them to use language)
B. feral & abused children
C. cultural similarities in language acquisition
4. stages of language development in children
A. crying B. cooing C. babbling
D. first words
a. vocables
b. holophrase hypothesis
E. strings of words
a. telegraphic speech
6. motherese (infantese)
7. interesting errors kids make
A. underextending B. overextending
C. overregularize D. understanding complex
statements