In What Way Are Newborns More Linguistically Sophisticated Than the Average

question 6

Multiple Choice

In what way are newborns more linguistically sophisticated than the average adult?

• A) They do not habituate to new phonemes.
• B) They can produce more phonemes.
• C) They can auditorily distinguish between more phonemes.
• D) Newborns have no linguistic advantages over adults.

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