Jimmy is trying to get his infant son's attention. So, he talks in a higher pitched voice and repeats short simple sentences like, "Daddy's big boy." Jimmy is using

a. telegraphic speech.
b. parentese.
c. transformations.
d. syntactical expressions.


ANSWER: b

Psychology

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