Games Like Pat-A-Cake and Peekaboo

question 124

Multiple Choice

Games like pat-a-cake and peekaboo

• A) tend to confuse children and may actually delay pragmatic development.
• B) hinder the transition from preverbal to verbal communication.
• C) foster infants' understanding of the turn-taking pattern of human conversation.
• D) facilitate children's understanding of illocutionary intent.

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Developmental Problems

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