It is a simple observation that children make mistakes when they learn a language. Yet, to the trained eye, these mistakes are far from random; in fact, they closely resemble perfectly grammatical utterances by adults--who speak other languages. This type of error analysis suggests a novel view of language learning: children are born with a fixed set of hypotheses about language--Chomsky's Universal Grammar--and these hypotheses compete to match the child's ambient language in a Darwinian fashion. The book presents evidence for this perspective from the study of children's words and grammar, and how language changes over time.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780199254149
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-19-925414-9
- Verlag: OUP Oxford
- Erscheinungstermin: 02.01.2003
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 2003
- Produktform: Gebunden, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 452 g
- Seiten: 188
- Format (B x H x T): 161 x 240 x 15 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Themen
- Sozialwissenschaften
- Psychologie
- Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie
- Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
- Kognitivismus
- Sozialwissenschaften
- Psychologie
- Allgemeine Psychologie
- Entwicklungspsychologie
- Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie
