alleryFor Halliday, what a child develops is a:
ALanguage organ
BSet of habits
CStore of words
DMeaning potential
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Meaning potential
1. Halliday avoids the metaphor of language as a static product that is acquired.
2. For him the child develops a meaning potential.
3. Learning language is learning how to mean.
4. A language organ, a set of habits or a store of words treats language as a fixed thing.
**Why not the others:** A language organ is a nativist idea, a set of habits is behaviourist, and a store of words treats language as a fixed product.
_Source: Wikipedia, "Michael Halliday", section "Studies in child language development" (revision 1371974860)_
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