Question

Gotera: Infants lack the motor ability required to voluntarily produce particular sounds, but produce various babbling sounds randomly. Most children are several years old before they can voluntarily produce most of the vowel and consonant sounds of their language. We can conclude that speech acquisition is entirely a motor control process rather than a process that is abstract or mental. Which one of the following is an assumption required by Gotera’s argument?

विकल्प

• Speech acquisition is a function only of one’s ability to produce the sounds of spoken language.

• During the entire initial babbling stage, infants cannot intentionally move their tongues while they are babbling.

• The initial babbling stage is complete; during infancy.

• The initial babbling stage is the first stags of the speech acquisition process.

Answer 1

Speech acquisition is a function only of one’s ability to produce the sounds of spoken language.

Explanation:

The conclusion or the main point of the argument is that speech acquisition is entirely a motor control process rather than a process that is abstract or mental. In other words, the point at which we learn to talk is entirely based on when we learn how to physically control our mouths, and nothing else. If 'Speech acquisition is a function only of one’s ability to produce the sounds of spoken language.' wasn’t true, it would mean that there are other elements that impact speech acquisition. 'Speech acquisition is a function only of one’s ability to produce the sounds of spoken language.' is an answer that must be true in order for the argument to be true, and it is therefore correct.