How do the kind of words children fast-map earliest differ between countries?
What will be an ideal response?
Children learning Eastern languages tend to learn more verbs than nouns first because sentences often emphasize verbs and only imply nouns. In contrast, children learning English and other Western languages fast-map nouns earlier than verbs.
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A. extremely severe. B. very mild. C. accompanied by depression or anxiety. D. related to a medical condition.
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a. Kelsey, who always counts three cars as "1, 2, 3." b. Casey, who consistently counts three cars as "10, 9, 8." c. Jenny, who sometimes counts three cars as "1, a, 2, b." d. Haley, who counts three cars as "1, 5, 6...SIX CARS!"