An ecological theory of language acquisition

An ecological approach to early language acquisition is presented in this article. The general view is that the ability of language communication must have arisen as an evolutionary adaptation to the representational needs of Homo sapiens and that about the same process is observed in language acqui...

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Main Authors: Francisco Lacerda, Ulla Sundberg
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade do Porto 2006-01-01
Series:Linguística
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Online Access:http://ler.letras.up.pt/uploads/ficheiros/4499.pdf