Based on her experience with young infants, Maria, a child-care worker, wonders if children are born with a built-in storehouse of rules that are common to all human languages. Maria is pondering the concept of
A) linguistic expansions.
B) infant-directed speech.
C) private speech.
D) universal grammar.

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Maria is pondering the concept of universal grammar, which is the idea that all humans are born with an innate ability to learn language, with a built-in set of rules that are common to all languages. This theory was proposed by linguist Noam Chomsky.

Based on Her Experience with Young Infants, Maria, a Child-Care