Which of the following language acquisition stages or phenomena is correctly matched with an illustrative example?
A) Babbling-"Goo goo,ga ga."
B) Telegraphic speech-"I ran from the library to the bus stop."
C) Overgeneralization-"Daddy has come home."
D) Overgeneralization-"Drawing house"

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Babbling is the early stage of language development where infants produce sounds and syllables like "goo goo, ga ga" without any recognizable correlation to the language of the caregivers.

Answer: B
 Telegraphic speech is a stage where children use short and simple sentences with essential words, like "I ran from the library to the bus stop." The sentences tend to miss out auxiliary verbs, pronouns and function words.

Answer: C
 Overgeneralization is the phenomenon where children apply grammatical rules erroneously in novel contexts. For example, "Daddy has come home," is an accurate sentence, but applying it to "I have buyed a toy" indicates the child has applied a grammatical rule where it doesn't apply.

Answer: D
 "Drawing house" could be a regular way of speaking for a young child who is still learning the correct sequence of words in a sentence, but it is not an example of overgeneralization. Overgeneralization occurs when a child applies grammatical rules erroneously in novel contexts.

Which of the Following Language Acquisition Stages or Phenomena Is