When 2½-Year-Old Max,and His Father,Simon,listened to Short Sentences-Some Grammatically Correct,others

question 80

Multiple Choice

When 2½-year-old Max,and his father,Simon,listened to short sentences-some grammatically correct,others with phrase-structure violations-both showed similarly distinct ERP brain-wave patterns for each sentence type in the left frontal and temporal lobes of the cerebral cortex.This suggests that

• A) a toddler processes sentence structures using the same neural system as an adult does.
• B) social skills and language experiences are centrally involved in language development.
• C) language development relies more on learning and discovery than Chomsky assumed.
• D) interactions between inner capacities and environmental influences govern language learning.

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