Two yearold Mark is looking for his toy. His mother finds one of his cars and hands it to Mark
He says, "Not ball," meaning the car is not what he wanted. According to Noam Chomsky, Mark is exhibiting which pattern of speech?
a. identification
b. command
c. negation
d. possession
ANSWER: c
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