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lak · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

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.