The Complexity Of Language Acquisition Analyzed By...

Title: Linguistics, the complexity of language acquisition analyzed by contrasting theories. Question: How does Linguistic methodologies try to explain the grasp of language by age range, slips of tongue and the classic debate of nature vs. nurture. Language is the number one universal way of communication. There are about 5000 to 7000 languages currently in use in the world. Humans learn to communicate to survive and exist with other humans, but how does this process occur? Is a child predisposed to learn any form of language, or must a child be taught through reinforcements? These questions reflect the theory of nature vs. nurture or how linguistics might view this as Chomsky vs. Skinner. Linguists observe language and explain the nature†¦show more content†¦Since the age range of basic language acquisition is around 0-5 years old, it is essential for a child to learn at these stages. A child’s brain in the early stages is like sponges, ready to soak up information about language. They are still learning grammatical concepts so at the age of 2 years old, a child is still in the flat way of speaking. Language is still a extensive cognitive demand on the brain so a child’s brain still needs time and guidan ce to develop. This was learned through Berko’s experiment, which was conducted by Jean Berko a linguistic from Harvard. Prior to this experiment, studies on child language acquisition was not studied on a huge scale as it is now, so Berko opened the door to language acquisition with her Wug test in which Wug is [[Wugs]], X= X. With her experiment she was able to prove that children understand morphology rather than just adding words onto an extensive vocabulary list. This experiment took place in 1958 at Harvard and she tested children within the age range of four and seven. This test was created to see if children really understood the rules of morphemes and English grammatical rules. 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