Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Parents spend little time teaching grammar to their children.
2. Noam Chomsky is an advocate of the nativist theory of language development.
3. The nativist position argues that language-learning capacities are built into the brain.
4. A language acquisition device (LAD) is something that is acquired through experience.
5. B. F. Skinner believed that all humans are born with an LAD (Leaning Acquisition Device).


1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE
5. FALSE

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