Language Acquisition & Language Learning
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Which psychologist propounded the 'Language Acquisition Device' theory?
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Noam Chomsky propounded the theory of the 'Language Acquisition Device' (LAD).
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Regarding children's language development, which of the following are the key features of Noam Chomsky's Psycholinguistic Theory? 1. According to Chomsky, children have an innate ability to learn language, for which they possess an innate system in their brain known as the Language Acquisition Device (LAD). 2. Children have an innate ability to understand the universal rules of grammar, and they only refine the specific forms (parameters) of those rules from the environment. 3. Language development depends primarily on imitation, reinforcement provided by adults, and rewards, with no role played by innate biological factors. Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
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