First Language Acquisition. The rate and style of vocabulary growth in the first years

Research on first language acquisition has been largely developed in the last sixty years due to more technological improvements and more demand on how first language is acquired. Researchers are still debating on how much of first language acquisition is nature or innate and how much is nurture or imitation. The mystery of how children are so quick to acquire their first language still remains but not all children are as fast as other children to obtain their first language. This essay is focused on first language development in children and how variant it can be, especially in the early stages. How first language acquisition can vary in style and rate and how environmental factors can influence these variations. The normal development of language acquisition is not difficult to find and a brief overview of first language acquisition with children from birth to two year old is demonstrated early on. Research on variables in first language development has shown that the utterance of the first word and acquiring a vocabulary of fifty words is highly variable when it comes to age. Young children can also lean towards different linguistic styles where environmental influences can affect their tendencies. Environmental influences such as child-directed speech and cultural values are reviewed from research on how much they can affect the rate and style of the language development in young children