Studies of deaf children whose parents did not expose them to sign language found that the children invented their own signs and used them in sentences by age 2 to 3 years. Researchers found that the structure of the home sign sentences invented by children __________.
A. continued to develop beyond the telegraphic phase
B. appeared to get stuck at the telegraphic phase (two to three words in length)
C. did not attain the telegraphic phase (two to three words in length)
D. attained the telegraphic phase, but in contrast to hearing and speaking children, included inflections like past tense and plural
Answer: B
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