Chomsky's Theory and Language Acquisition
Linguistic theories are quite amazing. Just like behavioral theories (sociology), they show the use of language can be parallelly independent and dependent on grammar. Contextually, Chomsky is more focused on innateness while describing his concept of language acquisition. It seems quite different from Skinner's theory where Skinner observes that imitation is the key mechanism for language acquisition. For instance, immigrant children with English second language often make pronunciation mistakes. But an ideal teacher can improve that with rewards and recognition. That means the Behaviourist theory Skinner confirms that habit-forming mechanism can modify the language acquisition model. In the environment of language learning, language use and acquisition are not the same. The use of language somehow shows a connection between formal teaching and conscious learning while acquisition is a spontaneous process. While watching Netflix f...