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.................... argue that children are born with an innate ability to organize laws of language, which enables children to easily learn a native language.

ANativist theory

BBehaviorist Theory

CInteractionist theory

DNone of the above

Answer:

A. Nativist theory

Read Explanation:

  • Nativist theorist (Noam Chomsky) argues that children are born with an innate ability to organize laws of language, which enables children to easily learn a native language. 
  • They believe that children have language-specific abilities that assist them as they work towards mastering a language. 
  • For example, no child will say "Biscuit mummy", instead the child will say "Mummy, biscuit”. 
  • The reason is thus, when a child starts to put two words together, the child has already mastered the basic rules of syntax. 
  • And even when the child makes an erroneous sentence, he applies them correctly.

 


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