Why do some linguists argue that the evidence for an innate grammar is weak?

A) Children across cultures start creating short sentences at very different ages.
B) Most children learn basic syntax early, but building their vocabulary takes many years.
C) Across cultures, children understand individual words but do not understand grammar rules until formally taught them in school.
D) Children learn features like word order at different times, depending on their importance in their native language.


D) Children learn features like word order at different times, depending on their importance in their native language.

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What will be an ideal response?

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a. amino acids; polypeptides b. codons; genes c. polypeptides; genes d. codons; amino acids

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Among the Kohistani, a man who allows his wife, daughters, or sisters to speak to unrelated men or walk alone is referred to as baghrairatman, meaning he is:

A) ?blind. B) ?an idiot. C) ?a man without ghrairat. D) ?poor.

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