Nativist Theory (Noam Chomsky Theory of Language Acquisition)

 

After reading this blog you will be able to properly understand the Nativist theory or Noam Chomsky's theory of Language Acquisition / Child development theory 


Nativist Theory:

Noam Chomsky (1957) proposes that children are born with an instinct or drive for language learning which he calls the language acquisition device (LAD). 

He argued that even if a child is not educated in their country's language, so long as they grow in a normal environment, they will still devise a system of verbal communication. 

Therefore, there must be an innate, biological component to language acquisition.

What is the language acquisition device?

Chomsky suggests that the language acquisition device (LAD) must be located somewhere in the brain, serving as an encoder that provides us with a baseline understanding of grammatical structure. 

As children learn new words, they are able to incorporate them into their use of language independently.

Chomsky argues that this independent 'building' of language is evidence that language acquisition is biological and not purely a product of being taught or copying caregivers. 

Chomsky suggested that the LAD contained knowledge of universal grammar - the basic shared grammar rules that all human languages share.










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