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April 29, 2026May 7, 2026

Theories & Concepts of Child Language Aquisition

This PDF discusses five important theories/concepts related to child language acquisition and how to apply them to an analysis. The theories/concepts are: behaviorism, nativism, the language acquisition support system, cognitive development theory, and functional theory.

March 10, 2026May 7, 2026

Theories of Language Change

This resource discusses eight important theories and concepts related to language change: semiotics theory, functional theory, substratum theory, the s-curve model, prescriptivism, descriptivism, theory of lexical gaps, and random fluctuation theory.