First language acquisition, linguistic theory of

Rosalind Thornton

doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.53008-6

First language acquisition, linguistic theory of

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Chomsky's theory of Universal Grammar (UG) is introduced to explain children's rapid convergence on the grammar of their local language. A system of innate principles and parameters guides children's acquisition of language. Children are shown to misset certain parameters causing them to hypothesize properties not observed in the language of the community. Children's temporary missteps are put aright with input from the surrounding language. The misset parameters are predicted by the theory of UG but not anticipated by usage-based theories of language acquisition.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International encyclopedia of the social and behavioral sciences
Editors	James D Wright
Place of Publication	Amsterdam
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	206-211
Number of pages	6
Volume	9
Edition	2nd
ISBN (Electronic)	9780080970875
ISBN (Print)	9780080970868
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.53008-6
Publication status	Published - 2015

Keywords

disjunction
language acquisition
parameters
principles
semantic subset principle
structure dependence
universal grammar
usage-based theory
Wh-movement

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