Suppose That a Child Heard the Novel Sentence "This Is

question 78

Multiple Choice

Suppose that a child heard the novel sentence "This is a biz one." According to the concept of syntactical bootstrapping,how will the child use the word biz in the future?

• A) in a variety of contexts, even though he or she doesn't understand what it means
• B) as an adjective
• C) to refer to objects because nouns predominate in young children's speech
• D) overextend the meaning of the word and apply it to objects inappropriately

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