Which of the following supports the argument that infants do not begin the process of learning language at birth?
A. Newborns are attentive to voices.
B. Newborns can detect their mothers' voices.
C. Newborns prefer to hear languages different from their native language.
D. Newborns prefer to hear speech sounds over nonspeech sounds.
Answer: C
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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a. convergent b. divergent c. counterfactual d. accounted
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