NOAM CHOMSKY
Unit 11: Theorists of Language
development
Chomsky
• The ability to learn language is instinctive
• His theory explains why all babies language
development follows a pattern
• Humans have a Language Acquisition Device
(LAD) – a structure within the brain that allows
babies to absorb and understand the rules of
language they are being exposed to. The brain
is able to analyse the language and work out the
system that the language uses
Continuation…
• This explains why children can quickly
understand and then use their language
creatively and correctly without ever being
formally taught or ‘knowing’ the rules
Mark Scheme notes…
Biological Approach – Chomsky:
Children are born ready to learn whatever
languages they hear around them –
through the LAD. There is a specific period
during childhood when language
development is triggered.
Children learn to talk because they are
genetically equipped to do so

Language Development

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Structure Removal: An Argument for Feature