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Second Language Acquisition: Noam Chomsky


Second Language Acquisition: Noam Chomsky
Discusses Chomsky's theory of language acquisition, in which there exists some sort of "language organ" that makes language possible for humans & impossible for animals.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages) | 9 sources | 1993 United States


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"Nativist Theories of Second Language Acquisition: Noam Chomsky

Introduction
According to Larsen-Freeman and Long (1991), nativist theories posit the existence of a specific, innate biological capacity or organ that makes learning possible. Some of those nativist theories are specific to language acquisition, with Noam Chomsky perhaps the earliest and foremost exponent of the theory that language acquisition follows a universal pattern based on an innate language organ, or system of hard-wiring within the brain.

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Second Language Acquisition: Noam Chomsky (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Analytical-Essay-Second-Language-Acquisition-Noam-Chomsky/19822

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"Second Language Acquisition: Noam Chomsky" 15 January 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Analytical-Essay-Second-Language-Acquisition-Noam-Chomsky/19822>




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