Using Infant-Directed Speech Is Significant to the Language Acquisition Process

question 34

Multiple Choice

Using infant-directed speech is significant to the language acquisition process because:

• A) infants show a preference for rhythmic and stress in listening to speech.
• B) emphasizing stress or prosodic patterns provide cues for infants to isolate words and grammatical patterns.
• C) infants' hearing and auditory skills are in early stages of development.
• D) infant's learning process is in an early stage of development.

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