Volume : IV, Issue : I, January - 2015

The Impact of Language on Cognitive Development.

Dr Geeta Sahni

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Cognitive linguists have long debated whether language and cognition are seperate mental faculties or whether language emerges from general cognitive abilities.Various theorists attribute importance to different factors in the development of language. The nativist view stresses that children are preprogrammed and have an innate ability to acquire language. The behaviorists focus on the importance of the language environment. Piaget believes that each stage in development occurs as a result of the inter–action between maturation and environment. Whorf and Vygotsky shared the view that language is a social and cultural phenomenon. Krashen uses the term language acquisition, while Vygotsky speaks of the internalisation of language. Chomsky argued that language is innate and complex. He sees language development in the child as a seperate aspect of knowledge, apart from the rest of cognition or mental functioning.

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Dr Geeta Sahni The Impact of Language on Cognitive Development. Global Journal For Research Analysis, Vol: 4, Issue: 1 January 2015

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