Language Acquisition Device Crossword

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Who proposed the theory of Language Acquisition Device (LAD)?
The ________ state that children have the innate capability of having the ability in their brains to distinguish phonemes, to extract words from a language, and process grammar (Levine and Rowe 233).
"The LAD reflects Chomsky's underlying assumption that many aspects of language are universal (common to all languages and cultures) and constrained by innate core knowledge about language called _______ _______"(Namy 227).
What propels the hardwired brains of children to acquire language is called _______ ______ ______.
People learn a language by acquiring not by being taught the language. Meaning that parents don't give any instructions of any kind to their children to learn the child's first language.True or False
Humans are preprogrammed to learn a _______ (Chomsky).
Our minds through experience and interaction when this state changes until it's in mature state it's called a state of ___________ __ ____________(Chomsky).
Language acquisition cannot be compared to going through puberty. True or False
The ________ ________ emphasizes innate human having the capabilities as being important for language acquisition.
The language acquisition device, an innate capabilities in humans to acquire a language is located in this part of the human organ.
At age ________ children master a large portion of the basic rules of their native language.
_____________ __________ is acquired the same way as children learning a spoken language.
This theory that Chomsky is opposed of based on the structural way to language.
The reinforcement hypothesis is a theory that Chomsky supports. True or False
Children don't need a _________ to being language acquisition.
This _________ gene being discovered and its connection in language acquisition may aid Chomsky's belief of innate language.

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