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ERIC Number: EJ480346
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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Why First Language Learning Is Not Second Language Learning--Wittgenstein's Rejection of St. Augustine's Conception of Learning.
Erneling, Christina
Interchange, v24 n4 p341-51 1993
Paper shows that Wittgenstein, in discussing ostensive definition, understanding, and the private language argument, attacks Saint Augustine's notion of learning. Recently, the Augustinian conception has been resurrected in cognitive theories postulating an innate language of thought, making Wittgenstein's claims that this conception of learning is paradoxical very relevant. (SM)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Second Language Learning, Young Children
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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