Question 106Asked in CTET February 2026 Paper 1, 7 Feb 2026

Chomsky propounded that an innate capacity to acquire language is the result of our uniquely human biological inheritance. This inheritance is known as

  1. Alanguage adaptation degree
  2. Blanguage acquire domain
  3. Clanguage acceptance desire
  4. Dlanguage acquisition device
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Correct answer: (D) language acquisition device

Explanation

Noam Chomsky called this inborn mental capacity for language the Language Acquisition Device (LAD).

From CTET February 2026 Paper 1, 7 Feb 2026 — Previous Year Paper

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