A language acquisition device (LAD)is
A)an innate,unique capacity to acquire and develop language.
B)a technique used by the Gardners to train Washoe to use sign language.
C)a mechanical device that enhances the spoken word for hard-of-hearing infants.
D)a procedure that all infants must go through in the acquisition of language.

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A language acquisition device (LAD) is an innate, unique capacity that humans are born with to acquire and develop language. This idea was proposed by Noam Chomsky, a linguist who believed that there must be a genetically determined, biologically based system in the brain that allows us to learn language.

A Language Acquisition Device (LAD)is