Research Point 1 - Noam Chomsky

Question 0

Chomsky believes that learning takes place through an ______ _____ _________.

Answer 0

Innate brain mechanism.

Question 1

Noam Chomsky is an American ________.

Answer 1

Linguist

Question 2

He believes the brain is pre-programmed with the ability to _______ ___________ __________.

Answer 2

Acquire grammatical structures.

Question 3

He calls this ability LAD. LAD stand for ________ __________ _______.

Answer 3

Language acquisition device

Question 4

Chomsky also says that, though they might seem different, human languages share many similarities. He calls this _________ _______.

Answer 4

Universal grammar

Question 5

Supporting Chomsky’s theories is evidence that children all over the world _______ __ _ _______ ____.

Answer 5

Develop at a similar rate

Question 6

The fact that all children can acquire complex grammatical structures points to ___ being true! although the actual nature of this has never been pinpointed.

Answer 6

LAD