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The Many Faces of Imitation in Language Learning (Hardcover, 1989 ed.)
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The Many Faces of Imitation in Language Learning (Hardcover, 1989 ed.)
Series: Springer Series in Language and Communication, 24
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In this book we take a fresh look at imitation. With the knowledge
of some 20 years of research after Chomsky's initial critique of
the behavioristic approach to language learning, it is time to
explore imitation once again. How imitation is viewed in this book
has changed greatly since the 1950s and can only be under stood by
reading the various contributions. This reading reveals many faces,
many forms, many causes, and many functions of imitation-cognitive,
social, information processing, learning, and biological. Some
views are far removed from the notion that an imitation must occur
immediately or that it must be a per fect copy of an adult
sentence. But the essence of the concept of imitation is retained:
Some of the child's language behavior originates as an imitation of
a prior model. The range of phenomena covered is broad and
stimulating. Imitation's role is discussed from infancy on through
all stages of language learning. Individual differences among
children are examined in how much they use imitation, and in what
forms and to what purposes they use it. The forms and functions of
parent imitation of their child are considered. Second-language
learning is studied alongside first-language learning. The
juxtaposition of so many views and facets of imitation in this book
will help us to study the commonalities as well as differences of
various forms and functions of imitative language and will help us
to discern the further dimensions along which we must begin to
differentiate imitation."
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