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1、LanguageAcquisition~IntroductionBasicContoursoftheEmergenceofLanguageInthenew,four-volume,5theditionoftheHandbookofChildPsychologytherearethreechaptersdedicatedtoreviewingtheliteratureonlanguageacquisition.Inthefirstofthethree,LoisBloom—awell-knownresearcherinthisfie
2、ld,workingatTeachersCollege—writesthefollowing:“Theliteratureisingeneralagreementthatthefirstsoundsofthenewborninfantaretheovertelementsfromwhichspeechdevelops,thatvocalizationsareusedasameansofcommunicationbeforewordsproperareused;thatcomprehensionappearsbeforetheus
3、eofwords;thatthenormalchildhasarepertoireofaveryfewwordsbyoneyearofage,thatdevelopmentisslowinthefirstmonthsofthesecondyear,butthattowardstheendofthatyearagreatincreaseinthespeedofprogressappears;...that[useofwords]forspecificmeaningsisadevelopmentalprocess;...thatth
4、efirstwordshavetheforceofaphraseorsentence,andcombinationsofwordsdonotbeginforsometime.”ButBloomthenadmitsthatsheisquotingthefirsteditionoftheHandbook(thenknownastheManualofChildPsychology),publishedin1946.AndthenshenotesthatMcCarthy,theauthorofthatchapter,wasquoting
5、JohnDewey,from1935.AndDeweyinturnwascitingaFrencharticlepublishedin1934.Inotherwords,whatweknownow,in2001,wealreadyknewin1935.Bloomcontinues:“Thebasiccontoursoftheemergenceoflanguageareagreeduponbymostresearchers....However,beyondthesebroaddescriptivestrokes,wehavele
6、ssagreementonthedetailsofearlylanguageandevenlessconsensusonhowbesttoexplainitsdevelopment”(Bloom,1998,320-321).DescriptionandExplanationThedistinctionBloomhasdrawnherebetweendescriptionandexplanationisimportant,thoughpotentiallymisleading.Researchersdogenerallyagree
7、whentheyareaskedtodescribethe“basiccontours”ofwhatchildrendoastheylearntheirfirstlanguage.Butthedebateabouthowtoexplainthesefactsisstillsurprisinglypolarizedandantagonistic.Atthesametime,whenitgetstothedetailsofdescription,whatpeopleseedependsontheirtheoreticalpresup
8、positions.NativismandEnvironmentalismNoamChomsky,andtherest....Twenty-sevenyearsoftheJournalofChildLanguage....HandoutforPsy598-02,
