Infants' Sensitivity to the Distributional Properties of the Speech They

question 40

Multiple Choice

Infants' sensitivity to the distributional properties of the speech they hear helps them:

• A)pick words out of speech streams.
• B)differentiate between speech sounds and nonspeech sounds.
• C)pay more attention to their mothers' speech than to other people's speech.
• D)All of the answers are correct.

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