Roger Brown (1973)challenged the behaviouristic explanation of language acquisition by pointing out that parents:
A)play no documented role in their children's acquisition of language.
B)contribute to their children's language development by genetic means.
C)often pay no attention to the grammatical form of their children's utterances.
D)imitate and expand upon the sounds and words produced by their children.

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Roger Brown argued that parents often do not focus on correcting the grammatical form of their children's speech, which challenges the behaviorist view that language acquisition is primarily driven by reinforcement and correction.

Roger Brown (1973)challenged the Behaviouristic Explanation of Language Acquisition by Pointing