Details of the LAD/LMC (language acquisition device/;anguage-making capacity) are unspecified and unknown; this tends to ____ the nativist position on language
a. strengthen
b. mix empiricism with
c. be neutral theoretically with respect to
d. weaken
D
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a. object attachment c. logic b. object permanence d. discontinuity
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Tina babbles and her mother responds to her by imitating the sounds Tina makes. This would appear to refute the belief that
A) early language is the result of reinforcement of correct sounds. B) early language is an example of stimulus-response theory. C) language acquisition results from imitation. D) language is based on fundamental operating principles.
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a. phrasing b. content c. understanding d. desirability