Evidence for the position that language and thought are independent of each other comes from:
A. research with infants. Even before they have any language, infant are capable of a variety of kinds of abstract thought.
B. research on children's storytelling. Extensive investigations into how children tell the "Frog Story" have shown that language and thought are independent.
C. research on phonological development. Children's developing use of phonology does not require any thought at all.
D. there is no evidence that supports the idea that language and thought are independent.
A
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