English Dictionary

poverty of the stimulus

noun

(linguistics) The idea that human language cannot be learned by young children with what information they are given, unless they already have an innate knowledge of language or universal grammar.

The poverty of the stimulus is a concept in linguistics.

意味（1）

(linguistics) The idea that human language cannot be learned by young children with what information they are given, unless they already have an innate knowledge of language or universal grammar.