A Unified Model of Language Acquisition
Year: 2009
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: This chapter presents an extended formulation of the Competition Model. The extended model is designed to account for a large range of phenomena in first and second language acquisition, including bilingualism. As in the classic version of the Competition Model, competition is at the core of a set of non modular interacting forces. However, now the various inputs to competition are described in terms of six additional subcomponents: arenas, cues, chunking, storage, codes, and resonance. Learning is viewed as a resonant process that relies on storage, chunking, and support to acquire new mappings.
Author: Brian MacWhinney
Institution: Carnegie Mellon University
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1485633403