Which of the Following Statements Is a Limitation of Chomsky's

question 89

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is a limitation of Chomsky's nativist perspective?

• A) Chomsky's theory cannot explain how children weave statements together into connected discourse and sustain meaningful conversations.
• B) Chomsky's theory is inconsistent with research on efforts to teach language to nonhuman primates.
• C) Chomsky's theory overemphasizes the role of social experience in language development.
• D) Chomsky's theory ignores the existence of specialized regions in the brain that support language skills.