Which Perspective of Language Acquisition Can Best Explain a Young

question 212

Multiple Choice

Which perspective of language acquisition can best explain a young child (whose parents speak grammatical English) saying, "Yesterday I goed to the zoo?"

• A) nativist theory
• B) linguistic relativity theory
• C) behaviorist theory
• D) learning theory

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