The leading theories about how young children acquire and develop language, and how early years workers can use them, are outlined by Tricia David The leading theories about how young children acquire ...

The development of language is crucial for children. Without an adequate way to communicate with the world around them children are at risk of developmental delays. All learning hinges on the ability ...

The idea that we have brains hardwired with a mental template for learning grammar—famously espoused by Noam Chomsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology—has dominated linguistics for almost ...