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Original Articles

On the intricacy of children's innate abstractions

Sobre la complejidad de las abstracciones innatas infantiles

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Pages 315-318 | Published online: 23 Jan 2014
 

Abstract

Acquisition theory should be able to provide an explanation for the complexity of adult grammar, and the stages children go through in their path to attain the abstractness of the adult system. Current debate obscures the problem by failing to explicitly address the complexity of early representations. It is fundamental to offer concrete proposals that can fully characterise the early stages of development.

Resumen

La teoría del aprendizaje lingüístico debe poder dar cuenta tanto de la complejidad de las abstracciones de la gramática adulta, como de las etapas que los niños deben pasar para lograr alcanzar la abstracción del sistema adulto. El debate actual impide ver claramente el problema al no abordar explícitamente la complejidad de las representaciones tempranas. Es necesario plantear propuestas concretas que permitan describir en detalle las etapas tempranas del desarrollo.

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