Young children rely:
A) more on semantic patterns than on syntactic patterns.
B) more on syntactic patterns than on semantic patterns.
C) only on syntactic patterns.
D) equally on semantic and syntactic patterns.

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Young children rely more on semantic patterns (meaning of words and sentences) than on syntactic patterns (the order and structure of words) when learning language. This is because understanding the meaning of words and phrases is often more accessible to them than grasping complex grammatical rules.

Young Children Rely