Specific Language Impairment (SLI)

References for SLI in Preterm Born Children

Ease of Language Acquisition in Childhood

Skinner's Theory of Language Acquisition

Chomsky's Theory of Language Acquisition

Critical Period for Language Acquisition

Early Onset of Language Learning

Babbling Stage

One-Word Stage of Language Development

Overgeneralization in Language Acquisition

Cooing Stage

Early Communicative Gestures in Infancy

Vocabulary Growth and Language Skills in Early Childhood

Interactionist View of Language Acquisition

A developmental psychologist observes that children from vastly different cultural and linguistic backgrounds (e.g., urban Japan, rural Peru, and suburban Canada) all begin to babble, use single words, and then combine words into simple sentences at roughly the same ages. This cross-cultural consistency, despite significant differences in their environments and the specific languages they are exposed to, provides the strongest support for which of the following perspectives on language acquisition?

Biological Predisposition for Language Acquisition