The answer to this question is the <span>American
linguist, philosopher, and cognitive scientist, “Noam Chomsky”. He is </span>sometimes described as the father of modern linguistics. <span>The
nativist theory he proposed states that humans are pre-programmed with the
ability to develop language. </span>
A simple sentence consists of only one clause. A compound sentence consists of two or more independent clauses. A complex sentence has at least one independent clause plus at least one dependent clause.