Which language theorist would have been most likely to emphasize that children master the rule for forming the past tense of regular verbs like push before they learn common past tense constructions of irregular verbs like go?

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Which language theorist would have been most likely to emphasize that children master the rule for forming the past tense of regular verbs like “push” before they learn common past tense constructions of irregular verbs like “go”?

A	B. F. Skinner
B	Benjamin Lee Whorf
C	Noam Chomsky
D	Hermann Ebbinghaus

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Noam Chomsky’s theory of language acquisition holds that people have an inborn universal grammar that makes learning of language easy for children.

Detailed explanation-2: -Noam Chomsky has emphasized that the acquisition of language by children is facilitated by: an inborn readiness to learn grammatical rules. Whorf’s linguistic determinism hypothesis emphasizes that: words shape the way people think.

Detailed explanation-3: -Language acquisition is the process of learning to communicate effectively and meaningfully in a target language. There are four main theories: linguistic learning, behaviorist, cognitive learning, and interactionist.

Detailed explanation-4: -Keisha is told that her new geometry instructor will be flexible, nurturing, and soft-spoken. When she arrives to class on the first day, Keisha is somewhat surprised to discover her instructor is a man. Most likely Keisha applied in her vision of her new instructor. the availability heuristic.

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