Theoretical Perspectives

1. Behaviorist

1.1. Nurture

1.2. Skinner

1.2.1. Extra Batteries

1.3. Syntactic, Semantic, and Morphemic

1.3.1. Extra Batteries

1.3.2. Memory

1.3.2.1. Extra Memory

1.4. Learning occurs as a result of stimuli, responses, and reinforcements in the environment

2. Nativist

2.1. Inborn or innate capabilities

2.1.1. "Nature"

2.2. Noam Chomsky

2.2.1. All people have the capability to acquire languange

2.2.2. The ability to learn language is a natural human capability

2.3. Syntactic

2.4. Nature

3. Cognitive Developmentalist

3.1. Nature

3.2. Piaget

3.2.1. In order for language to occur the "capacity for mental representation must be present"

3.3. Semantic & Morphemic

3.3.1. Cash

3.3.2. Cards

3.4. Language develops as an individual matures and cognitive skills develop

4. Interactionist

4.1. Nurture

4.1.1. T-shirt

4.1.2. Hoodie

4.1.3. Light Jacket

4.2. Vygotsky, Bruner, and Halliday

4.3. Pragmatic

4.4. Focuses on sociocultural interaction

4.4.1. Children acquire language through interacting and communicating with the world around them