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1、TheConnectionBetween“WolfChild”Storyand“PovertyofStimulus”Argument 【Abstract】Thestoryof“WolfChild”iswellknown,whichisconnectedwith“PovertyofStimulus”Argument,anditisjusttheessayisintendedtoshow. 【Keywords】WolfChild;PovertyofStimulusArgument AccordingtoNoamChomsky,languageespeciallythefirstlang
2、uageissomethinginnateforhumans.Hethinksthatachildcanacquirealanguageeventhoughthelanguageinputistoopoor.Thatistosay,childrencangrasparichandcomplicatedlanguagesystemfinallyeveniftheyareexposedtoapovertyofstimulusaboutalanguage,becausetheyalwaysmakethe“hypotheses”accordingtotheirowncreations.Thisi
3、scalledcreativeconstructionhypothesis.Butwhatistheconnectionbetweentheargumentandthestoryof“wolfchild”?ThatiswhatIwilltalkaboutinthefollowingpassage. Inlinguistics,thepovertyofthestimulusistheassertionthatnaturallanguageacquisitioncanbemasteredthroughtherelativelylimiteddataavailabletochildrenle
4、arningalanguage,andthereforethisknowledgeissupplementedwithsomesortofinnatelinguisticcapacity.NativistsespeciallyrepresentedbyNoamChomskyclaimthathumansarebornwithanabilitytoreceivedifferentlanguageinputandproduceinfinitelanguageoutputinanactivewayandacquirenaturallanguagesoverthecourseoftheircog
5、nitivedevelopmentandlinguisticmaturation.Theargumentisnowgenerallyusedtosupporttheoriesandhypothesesofgenerativegrammar.Theterm“povertyofthestimulus”wascoinedbyNoamChomskyinhisworkRulesandRepresentations.Theargumenthaslongbeencontroversialwithinthefieldoflinguistics,formingthebackboneandsupportfo
6、rthetheoryofuniversalgrammar.Argumentsinsupportofpovertyofstimulusarenotattemptingtoappealtoinnateprinciplesinexchangeforlearningrulesofuniversalgrammar. Haveyoueverheardaboutthestoryof“wolfchildren”?Therearedifferenteditionsabout“wolfchildren”,amongwhichthemostfamousoneisgoinglike:Apriestfoundb
7、yaccidenttwogirlswhowereraisedbywolvesinIndiain1920.Theyoungeronewastwoyearsold,andtheelderonewasaboutsevenoreightyearsold.Butsoonaftertheyweretakentohumansociety,theyoungeronediedofdiseases.Sopeopletriedtoteachthesurv
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