?In what way are newborns more linguistically sophisticated than the average adult?
a. They do not habituate to new phonemes.
b. They can produce more phonemes.
c. They can distinguish between phonemes from all languages.
d. They have no particular linguistic advantages over adults.
Answer: c. They can distinguish between phonemes from all languages.
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