Two-Year-Old Zada Always Hears the Word Pretty Just Before a Word

question 10

Multiple Choice

Two-year-old Zada always hears the word pretty just before a word that refers to a concrete object (e.g., "pretty flower," "pretty lady," "pretty picture") . Although she does not yet know what an adjective is, at an intuitive level she understands that pretty is a "describing" word. Zada's understanding reflects:

• A) expansion
• B) functionalism
• C) semantic bootstrapping
• D) acquisition of a grammatical word

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