LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORIES Introduction During the past forty years there have been two major theories of language learning by children. But there are two major schools of thought known as‚ ’Behaviorists’ and ’Mentalists’. One school is of the view that language learning is entirely the product of experience and that our environment affects all of us. Others have suggested that everybody has an innate language learning mechanism. Let us discovery with the help of these two schools
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product class sales for a durable good‚ using historical product sales levels. Managerial estimates of initial probability of trial (the probability that a purchase will be made early in the introductory phase of the product life cycle) and of imitation or diffusion rate (reflecting the influence of positive word-of-mouth communication) are also required. Given these estimates‚ the sales of the product class at time t are estimated by the model as: s(t) = p(0)m + [q-p(0)]Y(t) – (q/m) [Y(t)2]
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the industry performance. The 4 primary responses which need to be analyzed in the tetra threat framework are as follows: 1. Responses to Imitation 2. Responses to Substitution 3. Responses to Hold Up 4. Responses to Slack Following are the responses of Intel with respect to the tetra threat framework:- Responses to threat to Imitation 1. When producing DRAM it tried to get to economies of scales by its capacity power and also by licensing and contracts to other people for
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smaller product‚ they were able to create a complex product that helped deal with the imitation issue and they were able to a more cost effective product. Intel’s sources of competitive advantages for microprocessors on the other hand were different and more effective. They were able to control most of the microprocessor market which eliminated the threat of a hold-up‚ they were able to eliminate the risk of imitation by copyrights for microprocessor code‚ and…. What about substitution??? In 1970‚ dynamic
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reason. Because tragedy maneuvers emotions‚ it induces in its audience fear or pity towards the wrong intention portrayed by the actor. This is to say that the imitator writes under inspiration and not by reason. Therefore‚ the imitator through its imitation impacted the ethical frame of mine of its audience as Plato stated. Nevertheless‚ cultural relativity is important in Plato’s case‚ not because it is right‚ but because it is just. This is to say that one has to analyze and understand Plato’s
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innovate‚ fixing problems and coming out with a unique and improved version of the original concept‚ side-stepping patents and taking advantage of a market hungry for more. Imitation limitations: Imitation can be limited through economies of scale‚ proprietary tech‚ high switching costs and branding through which imitations may be only modestly successful. Xerox is an example of tech that was difficult to copy and for the first three incarnations‚ the company was without competition through
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Business Strategy Notes VRIO Framework1 The VRIO Framework and the Resource-Based View2 In the last three weeks we have looked at how firms can get a competitive advantage. Today we focus primarily on the sustainability of a firm’s competitive advantage. That is‚ what determines whether a firm’s competitive advantage will be short-lived or whether it will endure a long time? We will consider this question within Barney’s VRIO framework (outlined below) within the resource-based view. Under the resourced-based
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the industry performance. The 4 primary threats are 1. Threat of Imitation 2. Threat of Substitution 3. Threat of Holdup 4. Threat of Slack The added value aspect faces threats from imitation and substitution whereas the appropriated value has threat from hold up and slack. Following are the responses of Intel with respect to the tetra threat framework:- Threat of Imitation: clones Imitation in simple terms is copy‚ creating clones or duplicates. Intel had many
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form‚ and everything else is just a replica or "imitation" of that form. Imitations are often associated with imagination‚ in the sense that imaginative people take mere images and shadows as the most real things. Plato believes that imagination is the lowest grade of cognitive activity. In the state of imagination‚ people derive their images about themselves and the world from art and poetry. In the Republic‚ Plato views art and poetry as imitations of the true form. He considers art and poetry as
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Juxtaposition and the orchestration help build tension making the Themes A and B more climactic. Tchaikovsky juxtaposes different choirs in the orchestra by using imitation and an echo effect. Also‚ he uses different orchestrations of the main themes to add to the climax of the piece when the themes are recapitulated. Imitation is used to build up to the first occurrence of Theme A. The imitative nature of the material before Theme A contrasts the homophonic nature of Theme A. Unlike the build
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