?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+Holistic+Approach+to+Language&rft.creator=Josephson%2C+Brian+D.&rft.creator=Blair%2C+David+G.&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Language&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Learnability&rft.subject=Pragmatics&rft.subject=Semantics&rft.subject=Syntax&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.description=The+following+progress+report+views+language+acquisition+as+primarily+the+attempt+to+create+processes+that+connect+together+in+a+fruitful+way+linguistic+input+and+other+activity.+The+representations+made+of+linguistic+input+are+thus+those+that+are+optimally+effective+in+mediating+such+interconnections.+An+effective+Language+Acquisition+Device+should+contain+mechanisms+specific+to+the+task+of+creating+the+desired+interconnection+processes+in+the+linguistic+environment+in+which+the+language+learner+finds+himself+or+herself.+Analysis+of+this+requirement+gives+clear+indications+as+to+what+these+mechanisms+may+be.&rft.date=1982-11&rft.type=Departmental+Technical+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F217%2F1%2Flang1.html&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F217%2F4%2Flang1.ps&rft.identifier=++Josephson%2C+Brian+D.+and+Blair%2C+David+G.++(1982)+A+Holistic+Approach+to+Language.++%5BDepartmental+Technical+Report%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F217%2F