Published December 20, 2012 | Version v1
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BRAIN Journal - On Major Perspectives on Language Acquisition: Nativism, Connectionism, and Emergentism

  • 1. English language and literature department Allameh Tabataba'i University South Allameh Street, Tehran, Iran
  • 2. College of Literature and Humanities Khorramabad Branch Islamic Azad University Khorramabad, Iran

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The phenomenon of language acquisition is a controversial issue within the field of language-related studies. Different approaches have been proposed to take account of this complicated matter. The present paper attempts at reviewing the current cognitive perspectives on language acquisition, i.e., Connectionism and Emergentism and exploring to what extent they are different from Nativism

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