Infant-Directed Speech and Parent-Child Conversation __________

question 39

Multiple Choice

Infant-directed speech and parent-child conversation __________.

• A) foster referential communication skills
• B) contribute to a decline in infantile amnesia
• C) have little impact on language development because language emerges spontaneously
• D) create a zone of proximal development in which children's language expands

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