Which language theorist would have been most likely to emphasize that children master the rule for forming the past tense of regular verbs like "push" before they learn common past tense constructions of irregular verbs like "go"?

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Noam Chomsky's theory of Universal Grammar suggests that children are born with an innate ability to understand the rules of language, including the formation of regular verb tenses, which they learn before mastering irregular verb forms.

Which Language Theorist Would Have Been Most Likely to Emphasize