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Which of the following is most true about the language acquisition process in very young children?
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They acquire 50 words a day. |
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They can only articulate the words they understand. |
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They acquire nouns and verbs at the same time and same rate as other types of words. |
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They struggle to acquire some of the more difficult languages. |
Correct Answer: A
At their peak, young children add as many as 50 words a day to their passive vocabularies. They can articulate very few of these words, and they do not acquire all word types at the same pace. No language is more or less difficult to acquire for young children.