Landmarks in the Literature: What Do We Know when We Know a Language?.

Mayher, John S.

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Publication Date: 1980

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Landmarks in the Literature: What Do We Know when We Know a Language?

Mayher, John S.

New York University Education Quarterly, v11 n4 p29-32 Sum 1980

Noam Chomsky proposed that when children learn a language they do not learn to imitate given sentences; rather, they learn rules by which an infinite number of sentences can be produced and understood. This essay discusses the impact which this has had on the way educators view language and learning. (KC)

Descriptors: Educational Theories, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Learning Processes, Linguistics, Opinions, Structural Linguistics

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Language: English

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