Who do I believe...
BF Skinner Language Development Theory
Noam Chomsky Language Development Theory
BF Skinner Vs. Noam Chomsky
Language Development Theory
Personally, I feel that BF. Skinner's theory makes the most sense.
- His theory states that language is learned.
- Operant conditioning, which states that learning new behavior based on punishment and reinforcement.
- Skinner believed that as children begin to associate reinforcement with certain word meanings, language would be acquired.
- He believed that language is innate, or thing that everyone is born with.
- Language to happen is something done by the brain that we are wired to understand.
- He felt that the universal language and overgeneralization, helped him prove that we are all born with language
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Why
By: Malaysia Wimberly
I feel that it is more practical that we learn language over a period of time, rather than just being born with it. It just makes more sene that language i
While I can see how people view Chomsky's theory as the truth, I believe Skinne