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jparksx · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

A theory that language is the result of a complex set of theories that children create about the linguistic stimuli they are exposed to is what kind of theory?

a. innatist theory
b. behaviorist theory
c. cognitivist theory
d. active construction of a grammar theory (or theory theory)

Question 2

Although the capacity for speech appears to be part of the human genetic makeup, most linguistic anthropologists now believe that children learn languages:

a. primarily in social and cultural settings.
b. primarily from listening to folktales.
c. primarily in school.
d. only by playing with other children.