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 What are the limitations of Behaviourism as a learning theory in explaining theprocess of language acquisition? Discuss. 

16 Jul 2025
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Behaviorism, as a learning theory, emerged prominently in the early 20th century through the works of psychologists such as John B. Watson and B.F. Skinner. Its primary emphasis lies in observable behaviors and the external stimuli that provoke them, suggesting that all learning, including language learning, occurs through imitation, repetition, reinforcement, and conditioning. Skinner's theory of operant conditioning further extended behaviorism to language acquisition, suggesting that language is learned through a system of rewards and punishments. However, despite its early popularity and some success in controlled environments, behaviorism has several limitations when applied to language acquisition. These limitations become especially apparent when analyzed in the context of how children naturally acquire language and how learners internalize linguistic competence beyond mere repetition and response. One major limitation of behaviorism in explaining language acquisition is its failure to account for the creative aspect of language use. Children do not merely imitate adult speech; they produce novel sentences they have never heard before. For example, a child may say, "I goed to the park," which is not a sentence they are likely to have heard ______ ________ _________ ___ __________ _________ __________ _____.
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