All of the following are true of the prelinguistic period of language development EXCEPT:
A) It includes the period from birth to approximately 12 months of age.
B) It is characterized by children's exploration of the environment with their caregivers.
C) In this period, children do not develop receptive language skills.
D) Communication in this period is made up of unintentional and intentional nonspeech communication.

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This statement is false. Receptive language skills are actually the first to develop in infants during the prelinguistic period. Infants are able to understand language before they are able to produce it themselves, and they demonstrate this through their ability to respond to their caregivers' voices and to differentiate between different speech sounds.

All of the Following Are True of the Prelinguistic Period