Nature-Nurture and Language Development
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The relative significance of nature and nurture on the development of human language has been a
historical debate spanning decades of cognitive and developmental psychology. For many years,
people have debated and discussed the importance of nature and nurture and which has greater
significance in human development. In this assignment, you will focus on the roles of nature and
nurture in the process of language development.
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Directions:
Write an essay (1,750-2,000 words) in which you discuss how the evolution of computer-generated
speech affects the nature-nurture debate in the process of language development. In your essay
address the following:
The roles nature and nurture have in the process of language development.
Does the successful development of computer-generated speech, which allows computers to communicate
with one another, orally, effectively eliminate the nature-nurture debate regarding human language
development?