If you were to compare adult language ability with the language ability speech of infants under 6 months of age you should expect to find that
A) infants distinguish more morphemes than adults do.
B) adults distinguish more phonemes than infants do.
C) infants distinguish more phonemes than adults do.
D) adults and infants both distinguish the same number of phonemes.

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Infants under 6 months can distinguish a wide range of phonemes from all languages, but this ability declines as they specialize in the phonemes of their native language. Adults typically only distinguish phonemes relevant to their language.

If You Were to Compare Adult Language Ability with the Language