How does Behaviourism explain language learning?, Through an innate ability to learn language., Through Universal Grammar., Through imitation, practice and reinforcement., Through creativity and imagination., What's the main difference between Skinner and Chomsky?, Skinner focuses on grammar, while Chomsky focuses on rewards., Skinner focuses on the environment, while Chomsky focuses on innate ability., They have exactly the same view of language., Skinner sees language as innate, while Chomsky sees as learned through practice., What does a child saying "I goed" instead of "I went" show?, The child is only copying the adults., The child does not understand English., The child is repeating a sentence they heard before., The child is applying a grammatical rule., According to Chomsky, children learn language only by imitating adults and repeating what they hear., True., False., What is Universal Grammar (UG)?, A set of universal social rules for effective communication, An innate system of principles and parameters shared by all human languages, A specific dictionary containing all words across world languages, A artificial language designed to be understood by everyone globally, What main purpose does Generative Grammar serve in linguistic theory?, To list all historical changes in regional dialects over time, To teach non-native speakers how to avoid grammatical mistakes, To define a finite set of rules that can generate infinite valid sentences, To describe how social context determines word choice in conversation, According to Poverty of the Stimulus argument, what type of evidence is largely missing from the input children receive?, Direct negative evidence indicating which forms are ungrammatical., Positive evidence showing correct sentence structures, Vocabulary items related to abstract concepts, Auditory input from primary caregivers, The role of the teacher in Generative Grammar theory is considered:, PASSIVE because he gives the linguistic input and environment but do not shape the child's language acquisition, ACTIVE because he gives Reinforcement and make them Repite which shapes the child's language acquisition., The role of the student in Generative Grammar theory is considered:, PASSIVE as he receives the language input and practices and repite what he heard., ACTIVE as he is the owner of the LAD and uses it to acquire a language, The LAD is the innate ability and inborn mechanism which functions as a tool in the brain., True, False, The correct definitions of Competence and Performance are:, Competence is the implicit knowledge that's in our brain and enables us to acquire a language. And performance is the usage of that knowledge., Competence is the innate ability to speak a recently acquired language and performance is the innate grammar of a language in our brain.

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