Question

Susan is a 21-month-old who has just begun to make two-word sentences. Her sentences already reveal the grammar of her native language, as she orders her nouns and verbs just as mature speakers of her language do. Chomsky would attribute Susan's quick acquisition of grammatical rules to her _____. Question 15 options: a) intelligence b) parents' correct use of grammar c) receiving reinforcement for proper language use d) language acquisition device

Answer 1

Answer:

d) language acquisition device

Explanation:

Language acquisition device refers to the module which states that their lies an innate knowledge in the mind of the children about language acquisition. It is a hypothetical assumption their children posses some preconceived knowledge about language learning. Noam Chomsky proposed the concept where he stated that the infants possess some capacity in their mind by which they learn, acquire and produce language. In the given situation, Chomsky's language acquisition device is attributed in the activities of Susan.