Two-year-old Shun is watching his mother putting the groceries away. When he sees the juice, he says, "Mama give," indicating that he wants some juice. According to Noam Chomsky, Shun is exhibiting which pattern of speech?
A)identification
B)possession
C)question
D)agent-action

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Shun's statement "Mama give" is an example of agent-action speech pattern, where "Mama" is the agent (the doer) and "give" is the action. This pattern reflects Chomsky's theory that children have an innate ability to understand and produce language, including recognizing subjects and verbs in sentences.

Two-Year-Old Shun Is Watching His Mother Putting the Groceries Away