The functionalist view of language states that: A. language is ...

[lak]

The functionalist view of language states that:
 
  A. language is shaped by the communicative functions that it serves.
  B. language is learned in a social context.
  C. children learn to communicate because they have a desire to express thoughts and feelings.
  D. communication functions as a learning tool.

Question 2

The formalist view of language entails:
 
  A. the view that language is formally learned in a ritualistic manner.
  B. the understanding that language learning is prescribed by cultural rules.
  C. the view that the human mind has a faculty for language learning that is a computational-representational system.
  D. Studying language in a computer-based methodology.

[matt]

Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

C

[lak]

Great answer, keep it coming

[diana chang]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it