1. There were many theories and theorists that tried to explain language acquisition...
1.1. Ferdinand de Saussure
1.1.1. Before Linguistics was a relevant topic, there were a few approaches and that's where Saussure decided to start one
1.1.1.1. Structuralism
1.1.1.1.1. Focuses on
1.2. Noam Chomsky
1.2.1. Chomsky believed that Skinner ideas were meaningless, so Chomsky decided to start a new approach
1.2.1.1. Innatism
1.2.1.1.1. It is an approach based on language being innate among young children
1.3. Constructivism
1.3.1. influenced by
1.3.1.1. Jean Piaget
1.3.1.1.1. (context developmental constructivism)
1.3.1.2. Lev Vygotsky
1.3.1.2.1. (Context Social Constructivism)
1.4. Jeffrey Elman
1.4.1. contributes to
1.4.1.1. Connectionism
1.4.1.1.1. relies on
1.5. B.F.Skinner
1.5.1. Skinner released "Verbal Behaviour" trying to interpret language acquisition
1.5.1.1. Behaviourism
1.5.1.1.1. There are two types of behaviourism, one connected to Ivan Pavlov (Classical) and the other one to Skinner (Operant)