Spoken Language Theories Flashcards
Halliday & Dore
Language is used because it fulfills a purpose
Instrumental
Fulfills a need
Regulatory
Influence behavior of others
Interactional
Develop and maintain relationships
Personal
Express feelings, opinions or identity
Representational
Convey facts and information
Imaginative
Tell stories
Heuristic
Learn about the world
Labelling
Naming something
Repeating
Repeating an adult
Answering
Responding to someone
Requesting action
Asking for something
Calling
Shouting for attention
Greeting
Greeting someone
Protesting
Objecting to a request
Practicing
Language not addressed to anyone present
Skinner
Behaviorism - Operant Conditioning - Children learn by copying
Skinner Criticism
Chomsky - Child-directed language is impoverished
Berko - Wugs
Chomsky
Nativism - innate LAD extracts rules from overheard speech, contains knowledge of Universal Grammar
Chomsky criticism
Colourless green dreams sleep furiously
Genie - Isolate, never learnt grammar
Piaget
Cognitivism - Object Permanence, Classification, Seriation
Piaget Criticism
Atypical cognitive development, unimpeded language development, vice versa
Bruner
Input Theory - Child-Directed Language - LASS supports LAD
Vygotsky
Input Theory - Scaffolding, MKO, Zone of Proximal Development
Input Theory Criticism
Tsimane people of Bolivia don’t use child-directed language
Jean Butler
Studied Genie - Isolate who never learnt how to use grammar (Chomsky critique)
Bard & Sachs
Studied Jim - child of deaf & mute parents - only learnt via school (Chomsky critique)
