The Story of Genie

question 16

Multiple Choice

The story of Genie

• A) shows the effects of teaching ASL to young children.
• B) provides evidence for the existence of a LAD.
• C) proves that language acquisition is genetically determined and not dependent upon environment.
• D) supports the hypothesis that there are sensitive periods for learning language.

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