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Abstract
Language is a unique phenomenon and special enough to be treated meticulously in its analysis. Several models describe the underlying mechanisms for language acquisition and its processing. One of the most salient ones is the Competition Model suggested by Bates and MacWhinney (1982). We reviewed the CM from its initial principles proposed by Bates and MacWhinney, its adequacy and development, to its recent language learning version. This review discusses challenges regarding CM’s accountability for Persian and Bandari (a language variety of Persian) and its potential pedagogical implications. Conclusions are drawn on whether the CM can be implemented in first-language acquisition studies and second-language learning.
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Hassan Banaruee
Hassan Banaruee studies cognitive and applied linguistics, and educational psychology. His research involves humor in classrooms, error correction, embodied language, metaphors, abstract concepts, and motion events.
Omid Khatin-Zadeh
Omid Khatin-Zadeh is a research associate in cognitive psychology and linguistics. His major fields of interest are Psycholinguistics, Embodied Language, and Metaphors.
Danyal Farsani
Danyal Farsani is an associate professor at the teacher education department at NTNU. He investigates embodied language and mathematical concepts.