With respect to how children learn word meanings, the textbook suggests that
a. the process is not really as difficult or as complex as it may seem.
b. the absence of errors in children's use of language facilitates the process of acquisition of word meanings.
c. children act like scientists, developing hypotheses about what each new word might mean.
d. word meanings are transmitted genetically to children.
Answer: c. children act like scientists, developing hypotheses about what each new word might mean.
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