Todd's mother notices that he makes a variety of sounds including cooing, crying, gurgling, and murmuring, along with facial expressions, gestures, imitation, and other nonlinguistic means. What is Todd demonstrating?

A. phonology
B. morphology
C. semantics
D. prelinguistic communication


Answer: D

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