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Language Acquisition
Do you agree more with Chomsky's perspective that language is acquired through innate ability (language acquisition device), or Skinner's perspective that language is a learned behavior that gets conditioned and reinforced?
In this solution, the plausibility of Chomsky's perspective that language is acquired through innate ability (language acquisition device is compared to Skinner's perspective that language is a learned behavior that gets conditioned and reinforced. It includes an article that continues the comparison between Skinner and Chomsky's views on language acquisition, as well as references.
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