Question

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

• A. Nativist theory
• B. Behaviorist Theory
• C. Interactionist theory
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Nativist theory

• 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.