The "30 million word gap" refers to:
A) anthropological evidence that language use has exploded over the last 6,000 years.
B) language expansion that occurs between the ages of 1 and 5 not accounted for by behaviourist theory.
C) differences in language exposure between children from low and high socioeconomic status.
D) differences in language exposure between American and Asian children.
C) differences in language exposure between children from low and high socioeconomic status.
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a. Spain b. Norway c. Italy d. China
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Chomsky believed that language learning capacities are built into the brain. What theory of language supports this view?
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