Ursula speaks to her infant son in short sentences made up of high-pitched, exaggerated expression, clear pronunciation, distinct pauses between speech segments, and repetition of new words in a variety of contexts. Ursula uses

Children who are not allowed to develop a sense of initiative often become passive and in many cases fall behind in school because they assume that they will not be successful there

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A difficulty in the use of word order, use of function words, and selection of appropriate word endings is termed ________

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