1) What cognitive processes do you think need to be innate for language development to occur? 2) Throughout this chapter we have talked of “language development” or “language acquisition” rather than (first) language learning

Psychology Oct 26, 2020

1) What cognitive processes do you think need to be innate for language development to occur?

2) Throughout this chapter we have talked of “language development” or “language acquisition” rather than (first) language learning. What is the advantage of avoiding the term “language learning”?

3) To what extent are the errors that children make like the errors adult speakers routinely make? (You might need to read Chapter 13 before attempting this question.)