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(MacNeilage, 1998)
a. The Social Interaction Source
b. The Physical Adaptation Source
c. The Genetic Source
d. The Divine Source
B
The belief that language is a special capacity all human offsprings are born with. It is
innate, no other creature seems to have it, and it isn't tied to a specific variety of
language.
5. What does innateness /i’neitnis/ hypothesis mean ?
a. Every normal human being has the ability to talk and acquire any natural
language with special training or carefully selected and sequenced linguistic
input.
b. It is an abstract part of the human mind which houses the ability for humans to
acquire and produce language.
c. Humans have an innate capacity for language
d. Inborn knowledge helps children to acquire grammar effortlessly and
systematically, despite the complexity of the process