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1. Introduction
2. Chomsky’s Innateness
2.1 Modularity of Mind
2.2 The Innateness Hypothesis
2.3 Universal Grammar
3. Arguments Pro and Contra the Innateness Hypothesis
3.1 Pro
3.1.1 Noam Chomsky
3.1.2 Steven Pinker
3.2 Contra
3.2.1 Hilary Putnam
3.2.2 Danny Steinberg and Natalia Sciarini
3.2.3 Michael Tomasello
4. Other Models of Language Acquisition
4.1 Behaviorism
4.2 Cognistivism
4.3 Social Interactionist Theory
5. Summary and Conclusion
6. Literature
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- Gabriele Grenkowski (Author), 2012, Chomsky’s Modularity Hypothesis – Is There an Innate Language Module?, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/190072
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