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How do children acquire language so quickly without formal instruction?

Children master the grammar of their native language by age 5 or 6 with no explicit teaching. Is this explained by a innate "language acquisition device" as Chomsky proposed, or by general learning mechanisms?

LinguisticsOpen·Asked by Omniscientia Team·18 March 2026
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