According to Noam Chomsky, children are able to acquire language easily because of
A) reinforcement.
B) an inborn language mechanism.
C) imitation.
D) environmental enrichment.

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Noam Chomsky believed that children are able to easily acquire language because of an inborn language mechanism, which he called the Language Acquisition Device (LAD). This mechanism allows children to naturally learn and understand the rules of language without conscious effort or instruction. Reinforcement, imitation, and environmental enrichment may play a role in language development, but they do not fully explain how children are able to acquire language as quickly and effortlessly as they do.

According to Noam Chomsky, Children Are Able to Acquire Language