Overregularization occurs when
A) a child incorrectly uses a word to describe a narrower set of objects or actions than it is meant to.
B) grammatical rules are incorrectly generalized to irregular cases where they do not apply.
C) a child's speech consists mainly of content words and other less critical words are omitted.
D) a child learns a word after only one exposure to the word.

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Overregularization occurs when a child applies a grammatical rule to irregular cases where it does not apply. For example, saying "hitted" instead of "hit" or "falled" instead of "fell."

Overregularization Occurs When