The Effects of Motherese on Children's Syntactic Development Seems Most

question 26

Multiple Choice

The effects of motherese on children's syntactic development seems most clear in the child's acquisition of:

• A) negation
• B) verb auxiliaries
• C) pronouns
• D) definite articles

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