Jean Berko's experiment involving "wugs" demonstrated that young children who took part in the experiment knew
A) the phonological rules.
B) the rules of syntax.
C) the pragmatic rules.
D) the morphological rules.

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Jean Berko's experiment involving "wugs" was designed to test children's understanding of morphological rules, specifically the plural rule (-s) in English. Children were shown a picture of a made-up creature called a "wug" and were asked to complete a sentence, such as "This is one wug, but now there are two _______." The majority of children correctly added "-s" to the end of "wug," demonstrating their understanding of plural morphology.

Jean Berko's Experiment Involving "Wugs" Demonstrated That Young Children Who