Language acquisition and interpretation

The domain of philosophy and anthropology is rich in the acquisition and development of thought and human languages. Other human disciples such as psychology and sociology are limited in the creativity of human expressions. According to the field of behavioral psychology, the learning of language is influenced by environmental, social and cultural factors. Skinner and other behaviorists state that language is learned through imitation and reinforcement. Here, the infant imitates the models of language in his environment. The reaction to the imitation by the parents and other individuals reinforces and shapes the development of such language. The second theoretical mode of language acquisition is the psycholinguistic theory. Psycholinguistics such as Chomsky believes that children are biologically predisposed to acquire language. Chomsky believes that Infants are born with an innate ability to be able to learn and use language. The third mode of linguistic acquisition is Cognitive theory. According to cognitive psychology, the child begins to acquire or understand some levels of language in her environment and then modifies that understanding as he interacts with the environment. Piaget, Bloom, Vygotsky and others emphasis the importance of providing meaningful experiences, so that the child can build upon her earlier learning experience to expand both the knowledge base and language use.

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