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Direct linkYang, Charles – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2017
I review the classic literature in generative grammar and Marr's three-level program for cognitive science to defend the Evaluation Metric as a psychological theory of language learning. Focusing on well-established facts of language variation, change, and use, I argue that optimal statistical principles embodied in Bayesian inference models are…
Descriptors: Language Research, Generative Grammar, Language Acquisition, Cognitive Science
Roberts, J. T. – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1973
The language aquisition device (LAD) as hypothesized in the writings of Noam Chomsky is analyzed in terms of its applicability to second language learning (L2). (RL)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bibliographies, Charts, Diagrams
Peer reviewedJarvis, R.A. – English Language Teaching, 1972
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Generative Grammar, Instructional Materials
Download full textDi Pietro, Robert J. – Bulletin of the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association, 1971
Aspects of language instruction which "derive from the nature of language itself" are discussed in this study. The notion that language teachers should teach grammar exclusively is disputed. This position is based on the following generalizations presented in an analysis of the nature of grammar and language: (1) language comprises more than what…
Descriptors: Generative Grammar, Grammar, Instructional Program Divisions, Language Instruction
Smith, Philip D., Jr. – 1971
A review of trends in the teaching of foreign language during the last decade focuses on the predominance of the audiolingual method and current criticism by leading theorists of its theoretical foundations. Discussion of a psychological model of learning explores the relationships of motivation, cognition, evaluation, and response formation. The…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Cognitive Objectives, Educational Objectives, Generative Grammar
Gaeng, Paul A. – 1970
This article reviews the historical development of applied linguistics in foreign language instruction. Five major principles influencing early applied linguistic theory are summarized, emphasizing the oral nature of language. Central to the article are discussions of: (1) prescriptive or normative grammar, (2) transformational grammar, (3)…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, Contrastive Linguistics
Peer reviewedDiller, Karl C. – TESOL Quarterly, 1975
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Generative Grammar
Willebrand, Julia – 1978
The major approaches to language teaching (audiolingual method, generative grammar, Community Language Learning and Silent Way) are investigated to discover whether or not they are compatible in structure with an information-processing model of memory (IPM). The model of memory used was described by Roberta Klatzky in "Human Memory:…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audiolingual Methods, Cognitive Processes, Generative Grammar
Clahsen, Harald, Ed. – 1996
The collection of essays and studies concerning generative grammar and first and second language acquisition includes: "The Optional-Infinitive Stage in Child English: Evidence from Negation" (Tony Harris, Ken Wexler); "Towards a Structure-Building Model of Acquisition" (Andrew Radford); "The Underspecification of…
Descriptors: Basque, Child Language, Contrastive Linguistics, English
