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The document discusses various theories of language development, emphasizing the role of social interaction in learning language. Key figures include Noam Chomsky, who distinguished between linguistic competence and performance, and B.F. Skinner, who proposed a behavioral approach to language acquisition. Other contributors like Lois Holzman and Elaine Tarone highlight the importance of reciprocal interactions and the natural variability in language use.

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The document discusses various theories of language development, emphasizing the role of social interaction in learning language. Key figures include Noam Chomsky, who distinguished between linguistic competence and performance, and B.F. Skinner, who proposed a behavioral approach to language acquisition. Other contributors like Lois Holzman and Elaine Tarone highlight the importance of reciprocal interactions and the natural variability in language use.

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SOCIAL INTERACTION AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

NATALIA SÁNCHEZ & VALENTINA MAESTRE

JEAN BERKO-GLEASON NOAM CHOMSKY (1965) – COMPETENCE-


(1988) – SOCIAL SYSTEMS & PERFORMANCE DISTINCTION
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION Introduced the idea that linguistic competence
Investigates how children not only (the underlying knowledge of language rules)
learn language structures but also should be distinguished from performance (the
the implicit rules of communication actual use of language in real situations). His
embedded within social idealized model of a speaker-hearer forms the
contexts, highlighting the link basis for much of generative grammar.
between language
development and the
understanding of social
behavior. LOIS HOLZMAN
(1984) – RECIPROCAL MODEL
OF LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
Proposes that language learning occurs
through a two-way interaction between the
child and the adult, who provides socialization,
teaching, and nurturing.
This model underscores the STUBBS (1996) – CRITIQUE
importance of social interaction in OF THE COMPETENCE-
B.F. SKINNER (1957) – VERBAL acquiring language.
BEHAVIOR AND CONDITIONING PERFORMANCE MODEL
From a behavioral perspective,
Skinner argued that language is
Challenges the traditional separation
learned through conditioning and between competence and
reinforcement. Although his approach performance, supporting the view
is often critiqued for oversimplifying (along with linguists like Firth and
language acquisition, it emphasizes Halliday) that language should be
the significance of observable ELAINE TARONE (1988) –
studied in its actual use. He
language behaviors such as pauses HETEROGENEOUS COMPETENCE emphasizes that real-world
and hesitations Critiques the idealized language user model by communication, with all its variability,
stressing that errors, hesitations, and self- is essential for understanding
corrections are natural and informative parts of linguistic ability.
language development. She argues that these
features reflect evolving linguistic competence
rather than simply being performance errors.

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