ed on language by parents.РNoam Chomsky’s L-A-DРChomsky’s theory of the LAD (Language Acquisition Device) states that every human is born with innate principles of language.РChildren learn language spontaneously and speak creatively.РInnatism: 天生主义语言习得观РLAD (an imaginary “black box” existing somewhere in the brain):?LAD contains all and only the principles which are universal to all human languages (i.e.. Universal Grammar – UG). ?For the LAD to work, children need access only to samples of a natural language, which serve as a trigger to activate the device.?Once the LAD is activated, children are able to discover the structure of the language to be learned by matching the innate knowledge of basic grammatical principles (UG) to the structures of the particular language in the environment.
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