ABSTRACT

Generative grammarians typically advocate for a rationalist understanding of language acquisition, according to which the structure of a developed language faculty reflects innate guidance rather than environmental influence. This proposal is developed in developmental linguistics by triggering models of language acquisition. Opposing this tradition, various theorists have advocated for empiricist views of language acquisition, according to which the structure of a developed linguistic competence reflects the linguistic environment in which this competence developed. On this picture, linguistic development is accounted for by general statistical learning mechanisms. In this article I shall precisify the debate, provide a clearer picture of what is at stake, and show why an intermediate picture is needed.

摘要

生成语法学家通常主张对语言习得进行理性主义的理解，根据这种理解，发达的语言能力的结构反映了先天的指导而不是环境的影响。该提议是通过触发语言习得模型在发展语言学中发展起来的。反对这一传统，各种理论家都提倡经验主义语言习得的观点，根据这种观点，发展的语言能力的结构反映了这种能力发展的语言环境。在这张图上，语言发展是由一般的统计学习机制来解释的。在本文中，我将详细说明辩论，更清楚地说明利害关系，并说明为什么需要中间图。