Syntactic bootstrapping allows children to

A. determine the meaning of words through the use of syntax.
B. learn new words by eliminating items that already have labels.
C. learn the meaning of words through gesture.
D. guess whether a label refers to a whole object or to a part of that object.


Answer: A

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