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ETearle

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Proponents of _______ essentially argue that children are born with a broad theory of language that they modify in accordance with the speech they hear growing up.
 
  a. the social-interactionist perspective c. neo-Piagetian theories
  b. behavioralist theories d. nativist theories.

Question 2

Most researchers today
 
  a. do not take the empiricist position.
  b. believe that grammar is acquired simply by conditioning.
  c. believe that imitation plays a role in language development that behaviorists proposed.
  d. do not acknowledge that a child's language environment is important for language acquisition.



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

A



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