The fact that sometimes deaf children begin to "babble" with their hands, making up a sign language even if they have not been taught to do so, emphasizes the basic idea advanced in:
A) deferred imitation
B) assimilation
C) overextension
D) language acquisition device

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According to Chomsky (1959), children are preprogrammed to learn language because they are born with a cognitive structure, called a language acquisition device (LAD), especially developed for this task. This structure enables children to process linguistic information and "extract" rules with which they create language; that is, when children hear people talk, their brains are prewired to acquire the words and rules of the language to which they are exposed. In early development, deaf babies babble just like hearing babies do, indicating that babbling is not the result of imitation or reinforcement but rather is biologically programmed.

The Fact That Sometimes Deaf Children Begin to "Babble" with Their