The Fact That Children in All Cultures Are Able to Master

question 268

Multiple Choice

The fact that children in all cultures are able to master the rules of language relatively early in life without formal instruction was discussed as evidence indicating that

• A)children use deductive reasoning to learn language
• B)parents cross-culturally invest a lot of effort in teaching their infants language
• C)language acquisition may have a biological basis
• D)the learning of language is largely shaped by the environment

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