Jane, a toddler, frequently hears imperfect speech full of false starts, interruptions, and unfinished sentences.Because she is hearing imperfect speech, some researchers would argue that this is not a sufficient basis for Jane to learn language.These researchers support the ________ argument.

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The poverty of the stimulus argument posits that the input of language that children receive is often incomplete or impoverished, yet they are still able to learn language. Therefore, hearing imperfect speech full of false starts, interruptions, and unfinished sentences does not prevent Jane from learning language according to this argument.

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