At 20 months, Katy says "pah-getty" (spaghetti) whenever
she wants to eat and says "milk" when she wants something to drink. She also calls her mother "Mama" and her father "Dada" and her cat "Kitty." Katy is most likely in the which stage of language development?
a. cooing
b. babbling
c. telegraphic
d. single-word
ANSWER: d
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