"acquire language" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it in a sentence such as, "She was determined to acquire language fluency in French."
How did we acquire language, religious beliefs, origin stories?
I did my doctorate in psychology: on how children acquire language.
The learning of words by Rico and Chaser may have some bearing on how children acquire language, because children could be building on the same neural mechanisms.
At first, Megan and Michael took the difference in stride, seeking programs that would help Jacob acquire language and find a place in the hearing world.
In order to actually acquire language in such circumstances, it helps to be ruthlessly driven, have a photographic memory and lack all social inhibition.
Deaf infants exposed to A.S.L. acquire language, including English, when taught as a second language, following the same patterns as hearing infants exposed to spoken language.
How do people acquire languages?
And their methods were not based on an understanding of how people acquire languages.
So, parrots and songbirds may hold important clues as to how we humans can learn to speak and acquire languages".
A child begins "acquiring" language from her environment soon after she is born.
In fact, they show that a child is acquiring language as they should be".
