The Fact That Overregularizations Occur in Many Different Languages as Children

question 169

Multiple Choice

The fact that overregularizations occur in many different languages as children master language skills provides evidence against

• A) the interactionist theory of language development.
• B) the behavioral theory of language development.
• C) the nativist theory of language development.
• D) the linguistic relativity theory of language development.

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