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Empiricism on Language Acquisition - Dictionary of Arguments
Upton I 2 Language Acquisition/Empiricism/Upton: the empiricist position on the question of language acquisition suggests that language input is sufficient to provide the information we require to learn the structure of language. This perspective proposes that infants acquire language through a process of statistical learning. Language is acquired by the general learning methods that apply to all aspects of human development. VsEmpiricism: >Language Acquisition/Nativism._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Empiricism Upton I Penney Upton Developmental Psychology 2011 |
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