Linguistics
Linguistics
Jean Piaget
Jean Piaget
Cognitive Approach
Vygotsky
Vygotsky
Constructivism - ZPD
Ferdinand de Saussure
Ferdinand de Saussure
Structuralism and Post-Structuralism
Human beings are born with an innate capacity (language faculty) to learn languages.
LAD
"Yet we know that creatures are capable of
communicating, certainly with other members of their own species.
Is it possible that a creature could learn to communicate with humans using language?
Or
does human language have properties that make it so unique that it is quite unlike any other communication system and hence unlearnable by any other creature?"