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Which theory of language development proposes that children are born with a knowledge of general rules of syntax that determine how sentences are constructed and that language develops as long as the infant is exposed to it?

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The nativist theory of language

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The nativist theory of language is associated with Noam Chomsky. It proposes that children are born with a knowledge of general rules of syntax that determine how sentences are constructed. Language develops as long as the infant is exposed to it.

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