Are there universals in language acquisition

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In it, I show the power and subtlety with which psychology shapes our language, calling into question the need for an innate universal grammar. Any serious scientific theory of language acquisition needs to show how learning happens. The question this raises is how children learn to go from one to the other. It is possible for that process to generate a grammar consistent with the sentences children have heard but not the grammar adults use. The challenge is to describe what kind of processes guide children towards normal adult use of language.

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