ðɪs mˈɑːdəl vjˈuːz lˈæŋɡwɪdʒ ɐkwɪsˈɪʃən æz ɐn ɪmˈɜːdʒəntˌɪst fɪnˈɑːmɪnən ðæt ɹɪzˈʌlts fɹʌm kˌɑːmpətˈɪʃən bᵻtwˌiːn lˈɛksɪkəl ˈaɪɾəmz, fˌɑːnəlˈɑːdʒɪkəl fˈɔːɹmz, ænd sɪntˈæktɪk pˈætɚnz, ɐkˈaʊntɪŋ fɔːɹ lˈæŋɡwɪdʒ pɹˈɑːsɛsɪŋ ɔnðə sɪŋkɹˈɑːnɪk, ˌɑːntoʊdʒnˈɛɾɪk, ænd fˌaɪloʊdʒnˈɛɾɪk tˈaɪm skˈeɪlz.
This model views language acquisition as an emergentist phenomenon that results from competition between lexical items, phonological forms, and syntactic patterns, accounting for language processing on the synchronic, ontogenetic, and phylogenetic time scales.