What is the difference between a holistic and an analytical approach to the acquisition of grammatical structure? What would be evidence for each in children’s speech? It often seems to parents that...

What is the difference between a holistic and an analytical approach to the acquisition of grammatical structure? What would be evidence for each in children’s speech?

It often seems to parents that young children understand “everything.” What is the evidence that this is not true, and why do children often appear to understand more than they do?