Young children acquire language easily through innate cognitive mechanisms
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Young children acquire language rapidly and effortlessly, a process largely attributed to innate cognitive structures and mechanisms specific to language development.
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First Language Acquisition
2016 · cited by 19
Infants acquire language naturally without specific instruction, supported by innate knowledge systems such as Universal Grammar.
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The Role of Universal Grammar in Nonnative Language Acquisition
2016 · cited by 2
Early language acquisition is guided and constrained by innate domain-specific cognitive structures.