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TMA 05 Evaluate recent challenges to nativist theories of language development. Nativist's beleive that language is acquired through the operation of innate factors and that biological maturation governs development (Mareschall et al. 2006). For the purpose of this paper the word "innate" will be used in the same context as Grayson et al. (2005) did. Nativists propose that children are born with a formal language system known as Universal Grammar (Chomsky, 1995). The environment, in their view, only plays a part in aiding infants decide which of the universal rules to apply (Mareschall et al. 2006). To challenge the nativist view I will cover some aspects of language development where there is clear opposite views on how certain processes develop. The opposition is represented by empiricists, who believe that the environment is indispensable for development. The different approaches will be considered in light of their differences...

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