In the nativist approach to language development, theorist Noam Chomsky suggests that an innate mechanism directs language development. This neural system is called a(n) __________.

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The nativist approach to language development is a theory that a genetically determined, innate mechanism directs language development. Linguist Noam Chomsky hypothesized that a language acquisition device or a neural system that permits the understanding of language provides a child with the strategies and techniques for learning the language to which the child is exposed.

In the Nativist Approach to Language Development, Theorist Noam Chomsky