It is often thought that this process can only take place during the critical period, perhaps because people do not have full access to the Universal Grammar after puberty, which is why a related process does not result in native-like fluency.
A usage-based theory of this process was developed by Michael Tomasello. Â One problem in the study of this process is the superset problem, which arises because a hypothesis which generates a superset of the target can only be falsified by negative evidence. Â A 1965 book outlines three levels of theoretical adequacy and characterizes explanatory adequacy as the ability to explain this process. Â Stages in this process include the holophrastic stage and the (*) telegraphic stage. Â It is often thought that this process can only take place during the critical period, perhaps because people do not have full access to the Universal Grammar after puberty, which is why a related process does not result in native-like fluency. Â For 10 points, name this process in which children learn their mother tongue.
A usage-based theory of this process was developed by Michael Tomasello.
first language acquisition [accept equivalents like learning a first language; do not accept "second language acquisition"]