GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
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only with deliberate training from parents.
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spontaneously, with only limited language exposure.
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at different rates, depending on their native language.
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quickly, but only in its simplest forms; more complicated forms come much later.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nativist theories hypothesize that language is an innate fundamental part of the human genetic make-up and that language acquisition occurs as a natural part of the human experience.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following best explains the nativist perspective on language? Language is learned through a combination of the environment and an innate ability.
Detailed explanation-3: -In Chomsky’s view, the reason that children so easily master the complex operations of language is that they have innate knowledge of certain principles that guide them in developing the grammar of their language.
Detailed explanation-4: -Critics to the nativist theory of language acquisition suggest that language is learned from their environment and isn’t innate. Another con to the nativist hypothesis is that not all languages abide by the same rules and constraints and therefore question whether a universal grammar is possible.