alleryThe idea of a Language Acquisition Device (LAD) was proposed by:
AB.F. Skinner
BJean Piaget
CNoam Chomsky
DLev Vygotsky
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Noam Chomsky
1. The LAD is a claim from language acquisition research made in the 1960s.
2. It was proposed by the linguist Noam Chomsky as part of the nativist theory of language.
3. Skinner, Piaget and Vygotsky each have a different theory of learning.
**Why not the others:** Skinner, Piaget and Vygotsky each have a theory of learning, but none of them proposed the LAD.
_Source: Wikipedia, "Language acquisition device", section "introduction" (revision 1289336714)_
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