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- See also changes related to First language acquisition, or pages that link to First language acquisition or to this page or whose text contains "First language acquisition".
Parent topics
- Language (general) [r]: A type of communication system, commonly used in linguistics, computer science and other fields to refer to different systems, including 'natural language' in humans, programming languages run on computers, and so on. [e]
- Language acquisition [r]: The study of how language comes to users of first and second languages. [e]
- Linguistics [r]: The scientific study of language. [e]
- Psychology [r]: The study of systemic properties of the brain and their relation to behaviour. [e]
- Cognitive science [r]: The scientific study either of mind or intelligence and includes parts of cognitive psychology, linguistics and computer science. [e]
- Neuroscience [r]: The study of nervous systems and their components. [e]
Subtopics
- Critical period hypothesis [r]: Hypothesis which claims that there is an ideal 'window' of time to acquire language in a linguistically rich environment, after which this is no longer possible. [e]
- Behaviorism [r]: A major branch of psychology, started by Ivan Pavlov, which characterizes behavior in terms of stimuli and responses [e]
- Nativism (psychology) [r]: theory that certain traits of a species emerge from a mind that is already prepared for its environment, e.g. the language ability is not learned but 'acquired' due to innate processes. [e]
- Native language [r]: A language to which a person was exposed during early childhood, usually by other family members. [e]
- Multilingualism [r]: The state of knowing two or more languages, either in individuals or whole speech communities. [e]
- Universal grammar [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Creolistics [r]: The study of creole and pidgin languages. [e]
- Babbling [r]: Add brief definition or description
Notable figures
- B.F. Skinner [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Noam Chomsky [r]: American linguist, MIT professor and political activist. [e]
- Wilder Penfield [r]: Biography of Wilder Graves Penfield. [e]
- Eric Lennerberg [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Steven Pinker [r]: (b. 18 September 1954) Canadian experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, and author of popular science, known for his wide-ranging advocacy of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind. [e]
- Critical period [r]: Limited time in which an event can occur, usually resulting in some kind of transformation. [e]
- Language attrition [r]: The loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language by individuals. [e]