Three-Year-Old Giselle Says, "I Swimmed Like a Fish, Mommy!" Giselle's

question 63

Multiple Choice

Three-year-old Giselle says, "I swimmed like a fish, Mommy!" Giselle's addition of the -ed ending, although incorrect, shows her growing awareness of

• A) syntax.
• B) semantics.
• C) phonology.
• D) morphology.

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Definitions:

Weak Relationship

Refers to a situation where the correlation between two variables is low, indicating that they have little association with each other.

Correlation

A measure of the relationship between two or more variables; the degree to which they change together.

Coefficient of Alienation

A statistical measure used to quantify the degree of relationship or non-relationship between two variables, often indicating the extent to which they are unrelated.

Unexplained Variance

The portion of the total variance in a dataset that is not accounted for by the statistical model.