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ma ? Acmodation refers to the process by which the existing concept or schema is changed on the basis of new information. Transformational generative linguistics ? Contribution of Noam Chomsky(喬姆斯基) ? Language acquisition device ? Linguistic petence and linguistic performance ? Goal of transformational generative linguistics ? Approach taken by Chomsky Contribution of Noam Chomsky(喬姆斯基) ? The year 1957 saw the publication of Noam Chomsky’s book Syntactic Structures, which started a revolution in the linguistic world and ushered in a new school the transformational generative linguistics Language acquisition device Chomsky assumes that children are born with a language acquisition device( LAD). This LAD is made up of a set of general principles called universal grammar. These general principles can be applied to all the languages in the world. Linguistic petence and linguistic performance Linguistic petence refers to the internalized knowledge of the language that a native speaker of that language possesses. Linguistic performance refers to the actual utterances produced by the native speakers. Goal of transformational generative linguistics Chomsky holds the position that linguists should study the linguistic petence, not the performance, of the native speaker and try to set up a system of rules that will generate an infinite number of grammatical sentences of the language and none of ungrammatical ones, will demonstrate and explain the various kinds of relations including ambiguity among sentences, and will be able to characterize the creative property of language. Approach taken by Chomsky A deductive, hypothesistesting approach is taken by Chomsky.