Many adult reformulations inform children about grammar through which of the following two techniques, often used in combination?
A) turnabout and shading
B) overregularization and shading
C) recasts and expansions
D) semantic bootstrapping and infant-directed speech

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Recasts involve restating a child's utterance in a grammatically correct manner, while expansions involve adding information to the child's utterance to provide a more complete sentence. These techniques are often used in combination to provide children with correct grammar structures and to expand their linguistic abilities. Turnabout and shading (A) refer to techniques used in conversation that are not necessarily focused on grammar. Overregularization and shading (B) refer to errors that children may make in language acquisition, rather than techniques for teaching grammar. Semantic bootstrapping and infant-directed speech (D) refer to the theory that children use innate knowledge about language and their environment to learn language, and a technique for speaking in a way that facilitates language acquisition, respectively.

Many Adult Reformulations Inform Children About Grammar Through Which of the Following