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In the context of language development in early childhood, according to Noam Chomsky's concepts of the 'Language Acquisition Device' (LAD) and 'Universal Grammar', which of the following statements provides the most accurate explanation of a child's linguistic capacity?
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According to Noam Chomsky, humans have an innate capacity for learning language. He proposed the theory of the Language Acquisition Device (LAD) and Universal Grammar, which states that certain foundational grammatical rules are universally embedded across all human languages and are biologically pre-existing in children's brains.
- This explains why children rapidly acquire their native language without formal instruction, even from limited linguistic input in their environment.
- Option 'b' accurately reflects Chomsky's nativist perspective.
- Options 'a' and 'd' represent the behaviorist perspective (associated with B.F. Skinner), which emphasizes imitation and reinforcement.
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