The ability of Tarzan to develop speech after growing up in the jungle without any exposure to humans would be criticized by someone with the __________ view of language acquisition, because a child not exposed to language early on may miss the biological opportunity for language development.

A. behaviorist
B. nativist
C. social interactionist
D. semantic


Answer: B

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