A Child Learns to Call a Dog "Bow-Wow" and Now

question 73

Multiple Choice

A child learns to call a dog "bow-wow" and now calls all animals he sees "bow-wow." What is this child's behaviour an example of?

• A) morpheme
• B) overextension
• C) egocentric speech
• D) telegraphic speech

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