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Noam Chomsky on Language Aquisition

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Languages set us apart
Comment from : @lilyren4247

Chomsky's theory is obvious It's so simple that everyone knew this before, it's just he articulated it
Comment from : @ADAMSIXTIES

0:54 stewie what are you doing here
Comment from : @shiploverwashere

Noam Chomsky’s theory is a large rabbit hole that has diverted resources from other more promising research The existence of a LAD is disproven by numerous polyglots who learn a second language to native level as an adult Universal Grammar is a horribly complex theory that is not supported by the evidence And by the way, his first name is pronounced NO-AM, not GNOME
Comment from : @StillAliveAndKicking_

Wow, this is something very interesting
Comment from : @johnthomson-g8j

This is also a great argument for God, as Creator of language Language is relative but it is innate, and it is hardwired into us As the video says, "our slates have been written on before we were born"
Comment from : @mjtonn

Using Chomsky's name to get viewers
Comment from : @jeffn1384

Well, he was right about a lot, but he's had extreme difficulty proving his "universal grammar" theory Lot of evidence to the contrary, in fact
Comment from : @paulroche6969

I haven't watched yet but I'm 100 sure I'll love it
Comment from : @bustamantebarakatsofiamaca2886

Who is here from time travels ???
Comment from : @SotirisNakos-m4f

What, if any, connection is there to the development of ego?
Comment from : @duncanfyfe485

❤ Beautiful and creative 😅
Comment from : @tarikelidrissi5384

How do we know that animal's don't have sophisticated grammar?
Comment from : @ma6738

I laughed when Stewie popped up at 0:55
Comment from : @falondonahue8457

Wonderful video!!! We are what our prepositions make us! This seemingly most insignificant part of speech is perhaps the common binding thread that runs through different languages as it helps to order how we experience the world
Comment from : @A60able

There is an error in the title - Acquisition!
Comment from : @easilydistracted1397

"Other animals communicate, but they dont have anything approaching the sophisticated grammar of human languages"brbrI'd say dolphins absolutely 'approach' it There's ongoing research that is showing just how complex dolphin speech really is
Comment from : @nicholas3186

bonus Gillian Anderson narration!
Comment from : @MG-dl3cg

Knowledge about one subject doesn’t translate to knowledge about another, Chomsky also showed us!
Comment from : @Nygaard2

The evidence against this would be the children who've grown up without human language and are incapable of learning it later in life
Comment from : @novelty_guy

1:07 Chomsky's hypothesis: there are inbon structures of some kind of LAD device "Universal Grammar; if he's right Locke's blank slate assertion is wrong
Comment from : @Josephus_vanDenElzen

Stewie fans hit like
Comment from : @pradeepc1576

Chomsky is a dirty american comunist, a crazzy marxist , a traitor of Western civilization, a traitor of USA, a sick old polititian, a guy to forget le comuniste menteur Chomsky le connard traitre des USA qui prefere les imperialismes ou comuniste chinois ou le terroriste islamique ou le staliniste Russe de Putinhorrible cécitéaveugle
Comment from : @lourencomarques219

Our slates have definitely been written on before we emerge from the womb by our DNA and the environment of our mother's womb during pregnancy
Comment from : @jonathanparnell3175

Great word choices in this video, there's a poverty of stimulus Wish I could talk like that and not be considered a douche
Comment from : @jonathanparnell3175

Um is that Gillian Anderson narrating?
Comment from : @SyrenSoul

So, basically: Nature, not nurture?
Comment from : @maureenchudyk3426

Is this not just the a priori functioning that Kant described?
Comment from : @spicerc1244

Not writing the slate before birth, but a kind of prewritten software - just as all other parts of the body have a prewritten blueprint which guides and limits how they'll take shape from the earliest stages of development
Comment from : @PhatLvis

Amazing video
Comment from : @rosaliaalvarado6227

Great video Speaking of language, did Gillian Anderson always have a British accent?
Comment from : @ryanbenson4610

Since when did Mrs Anderson get a UK accent?
Comment from : @emg8473

I love this woman's voice, and obviously the topic at hand
Comment from : @iberius9937

Whatta? Narrated by GILLIAN ANDERSON?? O_ObrAs an X-Files lover, I'm delighted to find her among my studies!
Comment from : @teknomax7883

Was the picture really necessary to convey such a simple idea?
Comment from : @lifeisstr4nge

The concept of universal grammarbrNoam Chomsky put forward not only leads to an innovative understanding of linguistics, ideas, philosophy, history and science , but also to an understanding of human nature, value of existence, and the distinction between humans and other living things
Comment from : @hirotakakawano7212

Thanks
Comment from : @balsonnaoshekpam5680

What an illustration Thank you
Comment from : @zakarialakiri

من كلاس البطي نرسل تحية 🖖
Comment from : @sulimankhaled3507

math? 😔
Comment from : @connorkearley7381

Sounds like a sort of kantianish account of language learning, which makes sense to me Both poles of the innatism/empiricism duality do seem incapable of explaining the complex phenomena involving living beings in general, human languages included
Comment from : @LucasVenda

amazing explanation in such a short video
Comment from : @someone-es5zo

simply brilliant clip!
Comment from : @tlrndk123

Sounds like horse shit to me
Comment from : @whiteninjaplus5

Nice idea to get this knowledge
Comment from : @abdillahpanji2663

Language comes alot from faith A fear!brBe Aware and take care 🌏
Comment from : @matimus100

im still confused;( Help me understand
Comment from : @CalmRelax4

Anamnesis vs Tabula Rasa - Chomsky Sci-fi Anamnesis
Comment from : @Fan4club

him nd wittgenstein would have cool dialects
Comment from : @screensaves

0:40, Children don't have a poverty of stimulus, they are always stimulated by the environment Chomsky ignores the motivating operant of the individual that may constantly seek reinforcement, that's probably the only thing that's innate
Comment from : @franciscoo7478

Thanx
Comment from : @manohargupta6818

Simple and straight to the point
Comment from : @justinabigelow8956

I have always found the slate-metaphor lacking The LAD - if it exists - is not a pregriven writing on a slate, it IS the slate
Comment from : @clemenswagner5186

Wow this was fun and it made a clear distinction between Plato, Locke and Chomsky
Comment from : @kevanbalmer9048

i have a presentation about this next week 💀
Comment from : @RJ-pi4uf

wait a minute why stewie there?
Comment from : @anthonyjohn7419

fck this online class
Comment from : @Lynn-pz4pj

Chomsky was young and handsome in 60th! Why would you show 60th Chomsky older than Locke?! That's not fair!
Comment from : @glebkoshelev

Title spelled incorrectly It is aCquisition
Comment from : @andicovarrubias5864

Scully <3
Comment from : @lostintime519

So clear and well-stuctured and with this amazing additional illustration Thanks for the effort!
Comment from : @veraBeStnews

Very creative and attentive approach, I like it a lot May I have your email adress? I'd like to discuss more with you in an effective way
Comment from : @yanyunxin4761

I knew it was Gillian I knew it
Comment from : @oakydokyart5939

Language Acquisition Device and String Theory Two unproven theories that have fallen out of favor not because they were unproven, but simply because they could not be proved
Comment from : @Veteran007

oh my god Gillan Anderson
Comment from : @denshsh3978

In other words, babies eventually learn to use language because they can Brilliant!
Comment from : @depthhistory

Come on BBC"Aquisition"? Seriously?
Comment from : @anodyne57

I demand those 2 minutes back
Comment from : @mg9011

I just came here to say that Noam Chomsky’s theory of Language Learning has recently had evidence come out against it So it might not be true
Comment from : @smocloud

No tabula Rasa
Comment from : @dangray9536

What? That's how Scully speaks in real life?
Comment from : @tyn6211

it makes so much sense
Comment from : @vicky-dr5ub

Chomsky is a genius! Now, back to cooking I hope nothing got burned
Comment from : @KeskinCookin

this is the simplest overview of chomesky's hypothesis I came across during my 7 years studies of a SLA and linguistics thanks for putting it this way (y)
Comment from : @mounireaddevil

I challenge anyone who things this is how language works to explain the Minimalist Program to me
Comment from : @jlieto644

I really like the idea of LAD It makes the most sense and It really sets us apart as a species
Comment from : @Carltoncurtis1

which has been disproved by more recent research
Comment from : @Kadag

watched for agent scully
Comment from : @iluvyunie

We already knew this since at least the time of the Wise Greeks I'm tired of academics reinventing the wheel
Comment from : @EnEvighet7

The pictures are WAY TOO DISTRACTING It takes away from the message
Comment from : @giuliom8520

*Acquisition
Comment from : @alexgodeye3031

My aunt emigrated to Cyprus with two teenage daughters and the 2 year old girl After about 1 year the little 3 year old girl was speaking fluent grammatically correct Greek, just how Chomsky described The girl was translating for her elder sisters who only learnt as adults do, very difficult What Chomsky was saying is so true brbrLanguage seems to be a savant skill we all have This language power switches off at around the age of 5 Empiricists who try to argue against Chomsky are going against the evidence
Comment from : @moesypittounikos

Lies And Delusions
Comment from : @ThuyLuongova

Rex Harrison as Doctor Dolittle
Comment from : @HamletsUnderstudy

Agent Scully? xD
Comment from : @ligia6861

love it, super clear Her voice is awesome
Comment from : @MissDellybelly

I'm not so sure about that Mr ChomskyPlato is my guide here, symbols and images comes first than the gibber of the apes
Comment from : @imtv

It's a good thing we don't have processors in our brains, otherwise he'll have to take back his statements of the Singularity
Comment from : @christopherepperson3583