If You Believe in a Language Acquisition Device, Then You

question 17

Multiple Choice

If you believe in a language acquisition device, then you believe that

• A) language is acquired mostly though the process of modeling.
• B) infants have an inborn brain mechanism for processing language.
• C) parental reinforcement can explain most of language acquisition.
• D) the most difficult part of language acquisition involves grasping the rules of language.

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