Which perspective of language acquisition can best explain a young child (whose parents speak grammatical English) saying, "Yesterday I goed to the zoo?"
A) nativist theory
B) linguistic relativity theory
C) behaviorist theory
D) learning theory

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The nativist theory, particularly Chomsky's concept of an innate language acquisition device, explains this as overgeneralization of grammatical rules, which is common in children as they learn language.

Which Perspective of Language Acquisition Can Best Explain a Young