Why Is It Difficult to Determine Whether There Is a Critical

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Multiple Choice

Why is it difficult to determine whether there is a critical period for language development?

• A) Languages differ too much from each other.
• B) Child development, especially for language, is highly varied.
• C) It is unethical to conduct experiments that would answer that question.
• D) Evidence from bilingual children conflicts with evidence from monolingual children.

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