Language Acquisition & Language Learning
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Regarding the interrelations between children's language development and cognitive development, consider the following statements:
- 1. Jean Piaget believed that language emerges from a child's 'egocentric speech' and that language development is fundamentally subordinate to cognitive development, meaning thought comes first and language later.
- 2. According to Lev Vygotsky, language and thought have two independent and separate roots in early life (up to about 2 years of age), but later they merge with each other, leading to the formation of 'social speech' and 'inner speech'.
- 3. According to Noam Chomsky, children possess an innate capacity to learn language, known as the 'Language Acquisition Device' (LAD), and this capacity remains completely dormant without environmental reinforcement and social interactions.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
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Detailed Explanation & Solution
Statement 1 is correct because, according to Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, thought precedes language. Piaget believed children construct knowledge through physical exploration with their environment, and language is a result or byproduct of this cognitive development, terming early child language as 'egocentric speech'. Statement 2 is correct because, according to Lev Vygotsky's socio-cultural theory, thought and language are two independent processes in the early stage (before about 2 years), but after around age 2, they merge, allowing the child to use 'inner speech' to regulate behavior. Statement 3 is incorrect because Noam Chomsky believed that children have an innate capacity (LAD) to learn language, and this capacity does not depend on external environmental reinforcement or rewards; children are biologically pre-programmed to learn language.
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