Evidence that there is a sensitive period for language development has been interpreted as supporting
A) Skinner's account of language acquisition.
B) the sociocultural perspective of language acquisition.
C) Chomsky's account of language acquisition.
D) an interactionist's account of language acquisition.

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The sensitive period for language development is often used to support Chomsky's account of language acquisition, which holds that children have an innate ability to acquire language and that there is a biologically determined window of time during which language must be acquired or it will become difficult or impossible to do so.

Evidence That There Is a Sensitive Period for Language Development