Protowords

a. result when a child's caregivers use and encourage "baby talk."
b. are preverbal attempts of young children to communicate with each other.
c. are unique strings of phonemes invented by the child.
d. support the hypothesis that children's speech is insensitive to context.
e. are taught to children by their older siblings.

c. are unique strings of phonemes invented by the child.

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