Write a note on the interactionist approaches to language development.
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The answer should include the following points:
To reconcile the differing views of the learning-theory and nativist approaches, many theorists hold a compromise view, known as the interactionist approach to language development. The interactionist approach suggests that language development is determined by both genetic and social factors, produced through a combination of genetically determined predispositions and the social world in which one is raised.
Specifically, proponents of the interactionist approach suggest that the brain is hardwired for our acquisition of language, in essence providing the "hardware" that allows us to develop language. However, it is the exposure to language from social interactions with others that allows us to develop the appropriate "software" to understand and produce language.
The interactionist approach has many proponents. Still, the issue of how language is acquired remains hotly contested.
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