PATTERN OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION OF AN IGALA CHILD
1 Department of English and Literary Studies Bingham University Abuja, Department of English and Literary Studies Kogi State University Anyigba
* Corresponding author: tabangmt@gmail.com
* Corresponding author: tabangmt@gmail.com
Abstract
This study, entitled 'Patterns of language acquisition of
an Igala child' was designed to find out how an Igala child
acquire language (ie Igala). The theoretical framework
adopted for the study is Behaviourism as propounded by
Jean Piaget. There are many theories or models that
explain how children learn language. But, hitherto, no
single theory has been able to explain satisfactorily this
wonderful phenomenon of the pre-school child. This
becomes one of the reasons we have to study some
language learning theories that can effectively aid the
Igala child in language learning tasks. As discovered, the
Igala child first learn the Igala language as mother tongue
(MT) and second as language of his immediate
environment which is purely a matter of imitation model
through the help of adults who shape sounds that
children make during babbling stage to words. The child
is reinforced by parents and siblings to produce more of
acceptable words, expressions and sounds, and to
develop a rule test via cognitivism. The patterns of
language acquision of an Igala child, according to this
study, are imitation, practice and reinforcement. The
main stay of this paper, therefore, is the development of
Igala child language acquisition patterns based on the
prescription of the theory of behaviourism
Keywords
Language
Acquisition
Behaviorism
Language acquisition pattern
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How to Cite
TABANG, B. M., FRIDAY, O. A., & DANRUKAYAT, A. M. (2021). PATTERN OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION OF AN IGALA CHILD. Humanity - Jos Journal Of General Studies, 12(1), 158-164. https://doi.org/10.67862/hjjgs.2021.trebdoxz
B. M. TABANG, O. A. FRIDAY, and A. M. DANRUKAYAT, "PATTERN OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION OF AN IGALA CHILD," Humanity - Jos Journal Of General Studies, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 158-164, January 2021. doi: 10.67862/hjjgs.2021.trebdoxz
