Anthony holds up his glass and says, "Milk gone." These types of utterances are referred to as
A) overextension.
B) underextension.
C) a vocabulary spurt.
D) telegraphic speech.

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This is an example of telegraphic speech, which is a stage of language development where children use short and simple phrases that omit function words like "is" or "the". "Milk gone" contains only the essential words needed to convey the message. Overextension and underextension refer to errors in word use, and a vocabulary spurt is a sudden increase in the number of words a child knows.

Anthony Holds Up His Glass and Says, "Milk Gone