LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

Episode 2: (A continuation from Episode 1)

This natural endowment inmate in every child helps the child to acquire and develop language in very explicit sense. Although the child can by nature learn and develop language, he does not attain to that fit on his own.

The child picks the language symbols inherent in his imminent environment. The most spoken language in the environment where the child is becomes the language he will adapt to.

By implication, if the child is born in an Ibo family yet expose to a Yoruba speaking environment, the child acquires the yoruba language instead of Igbo.

Is Language Genetic?

The presence of gene in humans reveal lots and loads of information in relation to one's existence, history and family background. It also reveal the treats in existence in one's family. So, one could by nature affiliate the acquisition of language to this biological existing nature in human.

Unfortunately and fortunately (depending on the divide you belong), this is not so in language acquisition. A child does not acquire a language from a genetic point of view. In fact, language acquisition traits is not imminent in language acquisition.

It is true that the child has natural ability inherent in him to be able to decode and produce language but only does that with external encoding of language from his imminent environment" (Josiah Egbilika).

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- Egbilika JosiahLinguist, Language/Communication Expert, Consultant, Editor, Public Speaker, Research Consultant

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