Towards an Anthropology of Language Acquisition’  

Oleh:

Pye, Clifton

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language Sciences (Full Text) vol. 10 no. 1 (1988), page 123-146.
Fulltext: 10_01_Pye.pdf (1.42MB)

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Current theories of language acquisition are limited by the data base they seek to explain, Focusing exclusively on the acquisition of a relative handful of languages inevitably leads to theories which assume some property of these languages is universal, and therefore exploitable in acquiring language. An anthropological perspective serves as a reminder of the extent to which languages may differ. A better appreciation of these differences is necessary to understand the child’s potential to acquire any human language. This paper explores some ways in which an anthropological perspective provides the necessary basis for an account of several aspects of the acquisition process. The prelinguistic period of development is one with enormous differences between cultures. The patterns of development in phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics also appear to be profoundly influenced by the adult language structures. Only generalizations that are valid across the full range of cultural and linguistic diversity can contribute to the explanation of language acquisition.

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