The ability to reconstruct a protolanguage is based on __________
A. the theory that a universal grammar underlies all human languages
B. the idea that all languages are derived from a single parent language
C. the ability of children to learn whatever language is spoken around them
D. the assumption that languages change in regular ways over time
Answer: D
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