This article throws light upon the seven main functions of language. The functions are: 1. Expressive and Communicative Functions 2. Interpretative Functions 3. Control function 4. The Functions of Remembering and Thinking 5. The Discovery of One's Name 6. Social Functions of Language 7. Creative Functions. Function # 1. Expressive and Communicative Functions: The most basic function of language as [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the egocentricity in child language. The child starts with babbling and goes through the various stages of acquiring linguistic units and also learning of the rules of grammar. An interesting feature in this whole scheme of development starting from around the third year is, what is called, egocentricity. The use of linguistic [...]
This article throws light upon the top three mechanisms by which a child acquires a language. The mechanisms are: 1. Conditioning or Reinforcements 2. Imitation 3. Modelling. Mechanism # 1. Conditioning or Reinforcements: The psychologists belonging to the behaviouristic school starting from Watson and very ably represented by Skinner have tended to look at conditioning and reinforcement as the main [...]