Evidence for Similarity Between Adults' and Children's Lexical Representation for Sound

question 28

Multiple Choice

Evidence for similarity between adults' and children's lexical representation for sound and meaning is supported by White et al.'s 2013 study, using an artificial language, where

• A) adults had difficulty distinguishing between novel words like blook when they were similar to already learned words, such as klook.
• B) adults had no difficulty distinguishing between novel words like blook when they were similar to already learned words, such as klook.
• C) children around 14 months of age had no difficulty distinguishing between novel words like blook and similar sounding already learned words, such as klook.
• D) children around 14 months of age had difficulty distinguishing between novel words like blook and similar sounding already learned words, such as klook.

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