Infants learn to use the stress pattern of their native language to segment the speech stream by the time they are:
A) born
B) 3 weeks old
C) 3 months old
D) 9 months old

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Infants typically learn to use the stress patterns of their native language to segment the speech stream by the time they are 9 months old. This developmental milestone is part of the process by which infants become attuned to the phonetic and prosodic features of their native language, aiding in the acquisition of vocabulary and linguistic structure.

Infants Learn to Use the Stress Pattern of Their Native