Whenever Lena is talking to 2-month-old Magda, her voice rises in pitch, she talks in a sing-song way, and she speaks more slowly. Lena is engaging in

A) phonology.
B) deferred imitation.
C) linguistic relativity.
D) infant-directed speech.


D

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