Can kids learn language without enough input?
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Can kids learn language without enough input?
Imagine a baby growing up in a house where no one speaks any language. How would they ever learn to talk?
Noam Chomsky suggests that even with limited language exposure, babies have an innate ability to understand language rules. This idea is called "Universal Grammar."
Example
A baby hears a sentence like "The cat sat on the mat." Even without understanding every word, they grasp the basic structure of the sentence.
Remember this
Children have an innate language capability that allows them to learn complex language structures even with minimal input.
Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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