CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

LEARNING THEORIES

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Maitha can perceive that the sentence “Colorless green ideas sleep furiously” is grammatically correct English even though it is nonesense. This situation is grounded by which linguistic theory?

A	language acquisiiton device
B	universal grammar
C	critical period hypothesis
D	early speech period

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Chomsky penned his nonsensical statement as an example of a grammatical sentence. That’s right, “Colorless green ideas sleep furiously” is grammatical.

Detailed explanation-2: -"Colorless green ideas sleep furiously” is a sentence composed by Noam Chomsky in 1957 as an example of a sentence whose grammar is correct but whose meaning is nonsensical. It was used to show inadequacy of the then-popular probabilistic models of grammar, and the need for more structured models.

Detailed explanation-3: -Colorless green ideas sleep furiously. = “Naive ideas which have not yet attained their full scope can cause a mind to race even while it attempts to rest"

Detailed explanation-4: -I call this kind of mistake a “meaningless grammarism”. It’s a way of communicating that doesn’t comply with standard English grammar rules, yet doesn’t impede clear communication. There are many meaningless grammarisms in English.

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