Child Language Acquisition - Theorists

Hopefully this should be useful as a summary of theorists and their ideas. Let me know how you get on.

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What was Ursula Bellugi's main area of study?
How children learn to form negatives
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Who believed that "language has a biologically organised schedule"?
Jean Aitchison
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What did Jerome Bruner's LASS theory stand for?
Language Acquisition Support System
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The LASS theory stated that the ritualised nature of parent's utterances (e.g. the repeated language used when giving a child a bath, eating a meal, getting dressed or playing a game) can hinder language development - True or False?
False
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What was Noam Chomsky's theory of an LAD (Language Acquisition Device)
An innate brain mechanism pre-programmed with the ability to acquire grammatical structures
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Who believed that "language has a biologically organised schedule"?

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Jean Aitchison

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What did Jerome Bruner's LASS theory stand for?

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The LASS theory stated that the ritualised nature of parent's utterances (e.g. the repeated language used when giving a child a bath, eating a meal, getting dressed or playing a game) can hinder language development - True or False?

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What was Noam Chomsky's theory of an LAD (Language Acquisition Device)

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