Many theorists believe that important aspects of the acquisition of grammar are biologically predetermined. To determine what knowledge is innate, it has been especially helpful to design cross-linguistic studies of
a. how quickly children enter the naming explosion phase.
b. whether children are referential or expressive in their language usage.
c. what is hard and what is easy for children to acquire.
d. the match between adults' and children's styles across many languages.
Answer: c. what is hard and what is easy for children to acquire.
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