Nor is the problem the unfortunate intrusion of biz-speak ("acquisition" of children) into public schooling.
Chomsky himself marked this difference by speaking of language acquisition and contrasting it with learning, a term he reserved for induction-based processes.
The Yankees toyed briefly last month with another significant pitching acquisition, speaking to the Los Angeles Dodgers about acquiring 38-year-old Kevin Brown, who makes $15 million a year and is an elite pitcher when he stays healthy.
Finally, whereas imaginative thinking is the oldest form of thinking (more attuned to the spontaneous functioning of the human mind), rational thinking is a more recent acquisition, historically speaking.
The twin design has been employed to study the acquisition of speaking and reading alphabetic languages, mainly English.
These words were particularly difficult to code because it was not always clear what was meant by them, for example, whether the LA was crediting the student with authorship and control over their ideas or whether the LA was speaking in a more "acquisition-like" framework (Sfard 1998).
The acquisition speaks to the growing interest among marketers in outdoor advertising.
"Amgen's acquisition speaks to the never ending appetite of larger companies for smaller companies in the biopharmaceutical market," said Eric Schmidt, a Cowen Group analyst.
Roblox declined to speak to the acquisition price, but notes it was an all-cash deal.
Meanwhile, the acquisition speaks to Conversocial's aim to optimize the online customer care process by offering customer care agents a single platform that is fully integrated across social, messaging and chat.
