LAD

Language Acquisition Device

All human beings has a LAD

We are born with it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AOpomu9V6Q

By your interpretation
What do you think is the LAD from the video?

CHOMSKYS FIRST THEORY (1950S)

1. For language acquisition is important Linguistic Competence
Knowledge of language

2. For language acquisition is important Linguistic Performance Use of

language
3. The input was not important because the language goes beyond

Children come to the task of acquiring a specific language already.

Language faculty

1970s languages acquisition involves childrens induction of a

system of rules from the input they receive.

UNIVERSAL
Lets play a game.

What all language have in common is Universal Grammar.

Every Language has the same elements including : HEAD, NOUN

PHRASE, NOUN HEAD, VERB PHRASE, VERB HEAD.

TRANSFORMATIONAL- GENERATIVE THEORY

Chomsky believes that acquisition involves a language-specific system of
rules, based on input and guided by UG .
Now he believes there are just extremely general principles of UG and
options to be selected.
Vocabulary has much more important in his recent theory.

UG AND SLA
Initial state

Developing state

Final state