Identify the Linguist Who Proposed That Humans Are Biologically Prewired

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Short Answer

Identify the linguist who proposed that humans are biologically prewired to learn language. He or she proposed that infants are born into the world with a language acquisition device, which enables the child to detect certain features and rules of language.

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Definitions:

Three-Dimensionality

The quality of having or appearing to have length, breadth, and depth.

View-Master

View-Master is a stereoscopic viewing device for observing three-dimensional images on a paper disk, traditionally used for recreational and educational purposes.

Visual Subsystems

Components of the visual system that process different aspects of vision, such as color, motion, and spatial orientation.

Binding Problem

The neurological challenge of explaining how disparate aspects of sensory information (such as color, shape, and location) are integrated into a unified perception.