poverty of the stimulus

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf linguistic theory
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:argument_from_the_poverty_of_the_stimulus
gptkbp:contrastsWith empiricist theories of language acquisition
gptkbp:criticizedFor connectionist theories
gptkbp:describes the idea that language input children receive is insufficient to explain their linguistic competence
gptkbp:example children’s ability to form grammatical sentences they have never heard before
gptkbp:field linguistics
psycholinguistics
gptkbp:firstDiscussedIn 1960s
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label poverty of the stimulus
gptkbp:influenced generative grammar
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Noam_Chomsky
gptkbp:relatedTo universal grammar
gptkbp:supports nativist theories of language acquisition
gptkbp:usedIn debates about language acquisition
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Avram_Noam_Chomsky
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4