Four-Year-Old Jimmy Tells You He "Runned Fast but Falled Down

question 283

Multiple Choice

Four-year-old Jimmy tells you he "runned fast but falled down." Jimmy's speech exemplifies ___; your text suggests that such errors provide evidence for the role of ___ in language development.

• A) overregularization; biology
• B) overregularization; learning
• C) agrammaticism; biology
• D) agrammaticism; learning

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Definitions:

Colonialism

The practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.

Globalization

A process by which businesses, cultures, and information spread internationally, leading to a more interconnected world.

Peripheral Capitalist Country

A term used in world-systems theory to describe countries that are not dominant in the global economy, often exploited for their resources by more developed countries.

Core Capitalist Country

A highly developed, industrialized country that is a central force in the global economic system.