Nativism does not equal Universal Grammar
Open Access
- 1 October 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Second Language Research
- Vol. 12 (4), 335-373
- https://doi.org/10.1177/026765839601200402
Abstract
This article is about nativist theories of language learning and how they apply to SLA. I am seeking a nativism that goes beyond the scope of Universal Grammar (UG), that explains the human cognitive capacity for language learning (language knowledge, learning, and processing), the learning of all language structures found in natural languages (both core and peripheral), and SLA (learnability, development, transfer, and differential success). Such a theory does not yet exist, but current nativist theories (linguistic, developmental, general and connectionist) suggest ways in which such a theory might be developed.Keywords
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