Bruner used the term language acquisition support system (LASS) to:

A) an innate biological mechanism for acquiring language.
B) the basic set of rules of a language.
C) the conceptual understanding of vocabulary.
D) the formatted events within which children acquire language.

Language Acquisition Support System (LASS)

Bruner’s term for the patterned behaviors and formatted events within which children acquire language. It is the environmental complement to the innate, biologically constituted LAD.

Innate Biological Mechanism

A natural or inherent process within living organisms that contributes to the regulation of biological functions from birth.

Vocabulary

The set of words known and used by a person in a particular language.