Brooke is a very young child and is still learning to talk. When she speaks now, her verbalizations tend to consist of two words, such as "give doll" or "doggie run." These vocalizations would be characterized as
A. telegraphic speech.
B. infant vocalizations.
C. semantic differentiation.
D. complex sentences.
Answer: A
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