Theorists taking an interactionist approach to language acquisition
A. remain unconvinced by the idea of a language-acquisition device.
B. downplay the role of the environment in language acquisition.
C. reject both the learning theory and nativist approaches.
D. agree that the brain is hardwired to acquire language.
Answer: D
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