Bilingual infants are less likely than are monolingual infants to
A) abide by the whole-object assumption.
B) follow the mutual-exclusivity principle.
C) learn words with fast mapping.
D) use pragmatic cues.

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Bilingual infants may have a more flexible understanding of word meanings, and therefore may not always rely on the mutual-exclusivity principle (the assumption that a novel label applies to an object that does not already have a label) in the same way that monolingual infants do. However, they still generally follow the whole-object assumption, use pragmatic cues, and are able to learn words through fast mapping.

Bilingual Infants Are Less Likely Than Are Monolingual Infants to