Gotera: Infants lack the motor

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct62% picked this

   Speech acquisition is a function only of one's ability to produce the sounds

   Why this is right

   This bridges the gap between SA → PS speech acquisition and producing the sounds of spoken language.

   Skill tested: Necessary Assumption · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   62%
2. B

   Too Strong24% picked this

   During the entire initial babbling stage, infants cannot intentionally move their tongues while

   There’s no reason infants cannot intentionally move their tongues while they are babbling. It must be assumed that they cannot move their tongues enough to intentionally produce particular sounds, but to say they cannot move their tongues at all while they are babbling goes too far.

   24%
3. C

   Too Strong2% picked this

   The initial babbling stage is completed

   It is implied that the initial babbling phase occurs during infancy, but it need not be completed during infancy.

   2%
4. D

   Irrelevant Relationship6% picked this

   The initial babbling stage is the first stage of the speech

   The babbling stage and the speech acquisition process need not necessarily be connected.

   6%
5. E

   Weaken5% picked this

   Control of tongue and mouth movements requires a sophisticated level of

   This would undermine the conclusion because it would suggest that mental development cannot be separated from motor control.

   5%