Developmenatal Theories of Language

1. Nativist

1.1. Noam Chomsky

1.2. syntactic

1.3. We are preprogrammed to acquire language

1.4. explained by universal grammer

1.5. Nature

2. Cognitive Developmentalist

2.1. Jean Piaget

2.2. semantic

2.2.1. morphemic

2.3. Language is acquired as we grow and development

2.4. for language to devlop specific cognitive growth must happen first

2.5. Nature

3. Interactionist

3.1. Vygotsky

3.1.1. Brunner

3.1.1.1. Halliday

3.2. Pragmatic

3.3. Nurture

3.4. Language is developed due to sociocultural interactions

3.5. learning is developed through sociolization

4. Behaviorist

4.1. B.F. Skinner

4.2. syntactic

4.2.1. semantic

4.2.1.1. morphemic

4.3. Nurture

4.4. Learning occurs due to stimuli, response, and reinforccement