In Arguing Against the Behaviorist View of Language Development, Chomsky

question 23

Multiple Choice

In arguing against the behaviorist view of language development, Chomsky (1957) :

• A) suggests that children imitate what they hear.
• B) set the stage for future research and argument on the innateness of human capacity for language learning,
• C) argued that the productivity of language depends on "grammatical habits."
• D) None of these answers are true.

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