Cross-Cultural Research on Semantic Development Shows That

question 38

Multiple Choice

Cross-cultural research on semantic development shows that

• A) English-speaking toddlers are more likely than Asian toddlers to acquire action words in their beginning vocabularies.
• B) children in many cultures have more object words than action words in their beginning vocabularies.
• C) Asian toddlers are more likely than English-speaking toddlers to use object words.
• D) toddlers more readily understand extensions of action words to new contexts than extensions of object words.