wug experiment

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who conducted the wug experiment
jean berko
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what does the wug experiment demonstrate
because children were able to make the plural wug which is a nonsense word it shows they understand the rules of morphology
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what is the wug experiment evidence for
language being an innate skill (inbuilt) as we seem to be able to work things out without being told
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what to virtuous errors in a child's language show
children are involved in an active learning process
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what is the forbidden experiment
taking a child at birth and isolating them from any human contact for a while
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what does the wug experiment demonstrate

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because children were able to make the plural wug which is a nonsense word it shows they understand the rules of morphology

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what to virtuous errors in a child's language show

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