The fact that all children engaged in communication,even children who are born deaf,develop some form of syntax which later matches the rules of their language supports which of the following statements on language development?
A) Children are biologically wired to learn language.
B) Children learn language through conditioning.
C) Children learn language through interactions with their social environment.
D) Children learn language through an interaction of biology and environment.

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The statement supports the view that language development is influenced by both biology and environment. The fact that deaf children also develop syntax indicates that there is a biological programming for language, but the fact that the syntax matches the rules of their language suggests that there is also an environmental component to language acquisition. Therefore, the best choice is D- children learn language through an interaction of biology and environment.

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