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Which of the following would be the best piece of evidence for the nativist theory of language acquisition?
(A) a child who acquires language at an extremely early age through intense instruction by her or his parents
(B) statistical evidence that children in one culture learn language faster than children in another culture
(C) a child of normal mental ability not being able to learn language due to language deprivation at an early age
(D) a child skipping the babbling and telegraphic speech stages of language acquisition
(E) a child deprived of language at an early age successfully learning language later
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(C) a child of normal mental ability not being able to learn language due to language deprivation at an early age
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Explanation
The critical-period hypothesis states that children need to learn language during a certain developmental period or their language may be permanently retarded. A child learning language early due to parental instruction is better evidence for the behaviorist view of language acquisition. Language-learning rates between cultures or skipping stages are irrelevant to the critical-period hypothesis. A child deprived of language early on who successfully learns language later would be evidence against the critical-period hypothesis.
Posted : 20/02/2024 2:31 pm