When Do Infants First Show a Preference for the Sound

question 52

Multiple Choice

When do infants first show a preference for the sound pattern of the language that their mother speaks?

• A)prenatally
• B)within a few days of birth
• C)at about 2 months of age, when they begin to make cooing sounds
• D)at about 10 months of age, when foreign phonemes disappear from their babbling

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