The Mother of a 4-Month Old Infant Asks What Type

question 29

Multiple Choice

The mother of a 4-month old infant asks what type of cereal is most appropriate to feed the infant as a first solid food. The best response from the nurse is to suggest

• A) wheat.
• B) barley.
• C) corn.
• D) rice.

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Definitions:

Metalinguistic

Pertaining to the awareness and understanding of linguistic components, including the ability to think about and analyze language.

Morpheme

The smallest grammatical unit in a language, carrying semantic meaning.

Phoneme

The smallest unit of sound in a language that can distinguish between meanings of words.

Syntactical Unit

A grouping of words that forms a coherent part of a sentence according to the rules of syntax, such as a phrase or clause.