The nondescript sounds made by an infant at about 2 months of age are called ________.
A) telegraphic speech
B) babbling
C) holophrasing
D) cooing

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The sounds made by an infant at about 2 months of age are called cooing. Babbling refers to the stage of language development where infants repeat certain syllables (e.g. "ba-ba-ba") to practice making speech sounds. Holophrasing refers to the use of a single word to convey a whole thought or idea (e.g. "mama" to mean "help me, Mama"). Telegraphic speech refers to early speech that is missing function words and has a simplified grammatical structure (e.g. "Me want cookie").

The Nondescript Sounds Made by an Infant at About 2