Why Do Many Psycholinguists Refer to Toddlers' Speech as Holophrastic

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Multiple Choice

Why do many psycholinguists refer to toddlers' speech as holophrastic?

• A) The phrases children use are just words they have heard and do not convey any real message.
• B) The children are attempting to express elaborate ideas with only a single word.
• C) Early utterances are not meant to be communicative but only represent the child practising using new vocabulary.
• D) Children at this age are capable of successful communication only through gestures and other nonverbal means.

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