How Would Chomsky Most Likely Explain a Young Child Saying,"I

question 73

Multiple Choice

How would Chomsky most likely explain a young child saying,"I runned around the house"

• A) The child imitated an ungrammatical sentence spoken by another child. 
• B) The child learned the rule for making the past tense of verbs as a result of hearing the speech of others. 
• C) The child had previously been reinforced for saying, "I run around the house." 
• D) The child imitated the ungrammatical speech of an adult.

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