Last Halloween,4-year-old Jillian called the decorations at her house "punkins." This year she is able to say "pumpkins" when she describes them.In this instance,Jillian has made a gain in her use of
A) syntax.
B) morphemes.
C) linguistic heuristics.
D) phonemes.

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Jillian's improvement from saying "punkins" to "pumpkins" indicates a gain in her use of phonemes, which are the smallest units of sound in a language that distinguish one word from another.

Last Halloween,4-Year-Old Jillian Called the Decorations at Her House "Punkins