The view that we learn language through principles of operant conditioning was proposed by:
A)B.F.Skinner.
B)Noam Chomsky.
C)Carl Wernicke.
D)Paul Broca.

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B.F. Skinner argued that language development could be explained by principles of operant conditioning, in which children learn to associate specific sounds and words with specific meanings through reinforcement and punishment from their environment. However, this theory has been widely criticized and is not widely accepted among modern linguists.

The View That We Learn Language Through Principles of Operant