Mary, a New Parent, Is Embracing Her Daughter, Samantha

question 47

Multiple Choice

Mary, a new parent, is embracing her daughter, Samantha. Mary can be heard speaking slowly to Samantha, at a higher pitch, and with pauses inserted between her words. What would developmentalists call Mary's speech pattern?

• A) morphology
• B) grammatical construction
• C) shaping
• D) Motherese

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