Pointing to a Tree, Young Leo Says, "Bird Flied Away

question 124

Multiple Choice

Pointing to a tree, young Leo says, "Bird flied away." Leo's interesting but incorrect use of "-ed" in "flied" shows that he is trying to learn the ________ rules of language.

• A) phonological
• B) morphological
• C) pragmatic
• D) syntactic

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