Which of the following is NOT true of infants' speech recognition abilities?
A)At birth infants can distinguish between any phoneme.
B)The babbling of infants becomes more and more like the native language as they age.
C)At 9 months infants are unable to recognize foreign language phonemes.
D)Early babbling has phonemes from all the languages in the world.

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Infants have the ability to distinguish between all phonemes at birth, and their babbling becomes more like their native language as they age. Additionally, early babbling includes phonemes from all languages, not just the native language. However, by 9 months, infants are able to recognize phonemes from foreign languages. Therefore, choice C is not true.

Which of the Following Is NOT True of Infants' Speech