Connectionism
• In another Connectionist view, language learning is part of learning in general.
• Language acquisition is a process of making the link between language and meaning.
• Language is compared to other cognitive and perceptual learning, including learning to ‘see’.
• Language learning is a process of
▫ associating words with elements of external reality in which the child makes the connection between a word or phrase heard and what it represents. (e.g. ‘cat’ is miaowing and belongs to the family of pet.
▫ associating words and phrases with other words and phrases that occur with them or associating words with grammatical morphemes