Chomsky's "LAD" is a(n)

A) device that allows parents to directly teach language to children.
B) linguistic tutoring device by which parents provide children assistance in learning grammatical rules.
C) computer device that attempts to generate the linguistic rules that are needed for language acquisition.
D) innate system that enables children to understand and speak in a rule-oriented fashion as soon as they pick up enough words.


D

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