Question

According to the video clips, Chomsky suggests that even young children are able to inAccording to the video clips, Chomsky suggests that even young children are able to invert interpretations. How does this support his view that language acquisition is more heavily steeped in a nature perspective?

Answer 1

From the online textbook :

At a young age, children demonstrate the ability to invert interpretations of heard speech without necessarily having heard evidence that verifies these interpretations. This implies an innate mechanism by which such inversions and interpretations are processed.

Answer 2

The main reason why this support Chomsky’s view that language acquisition is more heavily steeped in a nature perspective is due to the demonstration that at a young age, children can invert interpretations of heard speech without essentially having heard evidence that validates these interpretations (this is one form of surviving mechanism).