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Behaviorists, after the rise of the eponymous theory, advanced the idea that language acquisition, like any other kind of learning, could be explained by a succession of trials, errors, and rewards for success. In other words, children, according to behaviorists, learn their mother tongue by simple imitation, i.e. through listening and repeating what adults say. For example, when a child says "milk" and the mother will smile and give milk to her child, then, as a result, the child will find this