This theory holds that children learn their mothers tongue through their natural ability to organize the laws of language, but are only able to fully utilize this talent with the aid of other humans.

LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORIES

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This theory holds that children learn their mother’s tongue through their natural ability to organize the laws of language, but are only able to fully utilize this talent with the aid of other humans.

A	Nativist
B	Cognitive
C	Behavioristic
D	Functionalism

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The most well-known theory about language acquisition is the nativist theory, which suggests that we are born with something in our genes that allows us to learn language.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nativist theorists argue 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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Noam Chomsky developed the language acquisition theory in order to explain this phenomenon. According to Chomsky, the ability to learn languages is an innate skill. Children are born with a language learning tool that he called a language acquisition device.

Detailed explanation-4: -Linguistic Theory was formed by Noam Chomsky who described language as having a grammar that is largely independent of language use. Unlike Behavioral Theory, Linguistic Theory argues that language acquisition is governed by universal, underlying grammatical rules that are common to all typically developing humans.

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