Rita Was Kept in a Closet and Not Allowed to Speak

question 77

Multiple Choice

Rita was kept in a closet and not allowed to speak until she was 13 years old.How would you expect her language to be affected?

• A)Rita's language would probably be normal because language develops through innate processes.
• B)Rita's language would probably be primitive when she was found,but with intensive language training she would eventually learn most of the rudiments of grammar.
• C)Rita's language would probably be primitive when she was found,and even with intensive language training,her language mastery would be limited because she would be past the critical period for learning language.
• D)Rita would probably have developed a complex language of her own and would be able to be taught a standard language as well as any 13-year-old could be taught a foreign language.

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