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- Sep 2017
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language is an instinct, not simply a cultural invention:
views language development as nature, we need a way to communicate
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universal grammar, as "the system of principles, conditions, and rules that are elements or properties of all human languages"
The idea of universal grammar covers all human languages and how they can be different in terms of syntax, but also similar in other ways, such as principles and cases.
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- Aug 2017
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This develops orally first during social interactions and as a child's speech mechanisms mature allowing the child to gain control over producing specific speech sounds.
As a child grows and is exposed to adults around them speaking, writing, and communicating in different ways, they become able to form their own words, sentences, and eventually the ability to orally communicate with others.
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