The Semantic Bootstrapping Hypothesis Asserts That

Multiple Choice

The semantic bootstrapping hypothesis asserts that

A) language contains all of the necessary cues and data that children need to develop an understanding of grammatical rules.
B) children have an innate understanding that there are different parts of speech to express different categories of concepts.
C) children do not have innate linguistic abilities, they learn only from modeling by their parents and caretakers.
D) grammatical rules are bootstrapped to situations in which language is used, and this connection allows children to categorize words they hear.