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Discuss the contribution of Noam Chomsky to the theory of language development in Early Children.

Discuss the contribution of Noam Chomsky to the theory of language development in Early Children.

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- Understanding rules of a language throws lights on the principle that regulate human thought.

- Deep structure refers to the underlying message or meaning of a sentence.

- The concept of surface structure refers to words that are actually written.

- Chomsky also developed the concept of transformational grammar which is grammar that transforms a sentence

- Critical period - A period in which there is a learning readiness, beyond this period learning language is difficult

- Biological prewiring/ LAD - Children are born with knowledge of the principles of the grammatical structure of all languages.
johnmulu answered the question on September 20, 2017 at 12:36

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