On How Children Acquire Their Mother Tongue -- Explanation of Chomsky＇s Mental Linguistic Theory  

作　　者：Rui Li Yuwei Bu 

机构地区：[1]Shandong University at Weihai [2]Harbin Institute of Technology （ Weihai）

出　　处：《Sino-US English Teaching》2006年第3期55-57,共3页中美英语教学（英文版）

摘　　要：Neither structural linguistics nor behaviorist linguistics can explain how children acquire their mother tongue reasonably, so Noam Chomsky founds mental linguistics. According to the theory of the mental linguistics, the essence of language is interior, physical and genetic. Universal Grammar is the foundation of language development and the most essential part of human beings languages.

关 键 词：mother tongue acquisition mental linguistics universal grammar （UG） Language Acquisition Device （LAD） 

分 类 号：H319[语言文字—英语]