Joshua's three-year-old sister says the phrase “We goed to the store” instead of “We went to the store.” According to Noam Chomsky, what is the best explanation for her behavior?
e) Her parents have not presented her with the appropriate corrective feedback to teach her not to use the incorrect form.
f) She is overregularizing her use of the past tense.
c) She has heard other children using the incorrect form and has learned that it is correct.
d) She has not yet entered the concrete operational stage of cognition, in which she will be able to learn the correct form of the word.
g)She has a specific language impairment, which has prevented her from acquiring the correct form.
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