Nate, who is about 3 years old, calls his family dog Molly. However, all other dogs he calls
"kitties." This is an example of
a. underextension.
b. overextension.
c. an inflection.
d. both overextension and underextension.
e. prosody.
d. both overextension and underextension.
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