Q
Which of the following statements is true in language development?
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A
A. In their first few months of life, infants can discriminate among sounds in foreign languages that are not used in their own community
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B
B. In their first few months of life, infants can only discriminate among sounds in the language of their own community
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C
C. Towards the end of our teens, we begin to lose our sensitivity to phonetic contrasts in languages other that one(s) we learned as children
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D
D. Language acquistion is complete by about age 4
Correct Answer:
B. B. In their first few months of life, infants can only discriminate among sounds in the language of their own community
