Which statement about strategies for early word learning is true?
A) Mutual exclusivity explains how preschoolers reconcile multiple names for the same object.
B) Children’s first several hundred nouns mostly refer to objects organized by color or shape.
C) Preschoolers figure out many word meanings by observing how words are used in the structure of sentences.
D) Preschoolers’ vocabularies do not grow as quickly when parents inform them directly about which words to use.
Answer: C
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