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    Psycholinguistics

    Language and how children get it

    Theories to Language Acquisition


    The study of Language acquisition

    The origin of language (known in linguistics as


    glottogony) is the onset in prehistory of human
    spoken language. It also represents the acquisition of
    the human ability to use language. There are a
    number of hypotheses surrounding the origin of
    language, but each is speculative.
    The study of Language acquisition

    For language to have been located so early in human


    prehistory, the relevant developments have left no direct
    historical traces and no comparable processes which can
    be observed. The evolution of spoken human language
    requires the development of the vocal tract used for
    speech production and the cognitive abilities required to
    produce linguistic utterances.
    The study of Language acquisition

    The debate surrounds the time line, sequence and


    order of developments associated with this (Christine,
    2007). Therefore, the study of language acquisition is
    not a new science; it existed thousands of years ago.
    It was the subject of debate among philosophers and
    scientists, among them was the Greek philosopher
    Plato.
    The study of Language acquisition

    The Greek philosopher Plato who contributed to science a lot,

    thought that word meaning was innate (Steven, 2000). In

    contrast, Sanskrit refused the idea of innateness and

    proposed that meaning is learned from culture. The debate

    continued and there have been many theories during the

    sixty past years, on how children acquire/ learn their

    languages.
    The study of Language acquisition

    These approaches propose that language acquisition

    either occurs due to environmental interaction or

    because of the innate ideas children are born with.

    (Christine, 2007).
    F. B. Skinner (1957) in his Verbal Behavior proposed
    that language is a behavior and it is learned through
    the environmental interaction, while Chomsky
    claimed that language acquisition is possible only due
    to the innate ideas children are born with. Theories of
    language acquisition followed giving different
    perspectives from Skinner’s and Chomsky’s. Some
    researchers have different standpoints and some
    either have support or criticism to them.
    Children acquire their language skills from parents and
    other people who are around them. For example, if a
    child grows up in a bilingual household that speaks Arabic
    and English, they will likely pick up both languages.
    Typical children are constantly exposed to language in the
    form of adults and older children speaking and
    communicating around them. Children acquire language
    at a very rapid rate, and most children's speech is
    relatively grammatical by age three.
    Normal children are able to hear and understand

    reasonably complex syntax, including rules of

    inflection and pluralization, and remember irregular

    verbs and nouns without having a direct lesson in. It is

    observed that children acquire language quickly,

    easily, and without effort or formal teaching of

    grammar or speech (Pinker, 1994).


    Acquisition happens automatically, whether their
    parents try to teach them or not. Although parents or
    other caretakers don't teach their children to speak,
    they do perform an important role by talking to their
    children. Children who are never spoken to will not
    acquire language. And the language must be used for
    interaction with the child; for example, a child who
    regularly hears language on the TV or radio but
    nowhere else will not learn to talk.
    Children acquire language through interaction, not
    only with their parents and other adults, but also with
    other children. All normal children who grow up in
    normal households, surrounded by conversation, will
    acquire the language that is being used around them
    (Birner, 2006). In other words, there are major factors
    which basically affect language acquisition. Major
    factors governing children’s language learning
    End of part one
    To be continued

    23/7/2021

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