Discussion
Following the order of Linguistic Theory, select the correct sequence :
Answer: A
The keyed order is Competence, then Acquisition, then Performance. Chomsky frames the study of language around three questions: what the speaker knows (competence), how that knowledge is acquired, and how it is put to use (performance). The order in option A follows those three questions in sequence.
Option B puts acquisition before the knowledge it is supposed to explain, which reverses the logic: one must first say what is acquired. Options C and D start from performance, but in this framework performance is the use of knowledge and so comes after competence, not before it. Option D also puts acquisition last, which leaves the explanation of how competence arises to the end.
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