A child who says, “My toy car breaked,” or “I runned up the hill,” is demonstrating __________.
A.
overextension
B.
telegraphic speech
C.
overregularization
D.
fast mapping

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A child who says, “My toy car breaked,” or “I runned up the hill,” is demonstrating __________.
A.
overextension
B.
telegraphic speech
C.
overregularization
D.
fast mapping

GPT-5 mini · Answer

C. overregularization

The child is applying regular past-tense rules (adding -ed) to irregular verbs, a common overregularization (overgeneralization) error in language development.

A child who says, “My toy car breaked,” or “I runned up the hill,” is demonstrating __________.
A.
overextension
B.
telegraphic speech
C.
overregularization
D.
fast mapping

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A child who says, “My toy car breaked,” or “I runned up the hill,” is demonstrating __________. A. overextension B. telegraphic speech C. overregularization D. fast mapping

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