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Noam Chomsky and B. F. Skinner disagreed about how children acquire language. Which of the following concepts is most relevant to the differences between their theories?
(A) phonemes
(B) morphemes
(C) linguistic relativity hypothesis
(D) language acquisition device
(E) serial position effect
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(D) language acquisition device
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Explanation
Chomsky and Skinner disagreed about how children acquire language. Skinner’s behaviorist theory held that children learn language like they learn everything else: through rewards and punishments. Chomsky pointed out that language acquisition occurs too quickly to be explained by reward and punishment. Chomsky hypothesized that humans must be born with a language acquisition device that enables us to learn language quickly during a certain window of opportunity during childhood.
Posted : 10/07/2024 8:44 am