Lacking exposure to spoken,written,or signed language before adolescence,a person will never master any language.This indicates that infancy and childhood is a(n)________ for language development.

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The statement describes the critical period hypothesis, which states that there is a window of time, usually before adolescence, during which language development is most likely to occur. This means that if a person lacks exposure to language during this critical period, they may never fully acquire language skills. The other choices do not directly relate to the concept of the critical period for language acquisition.

Lacking Exposure to Spoken,written,or Signed Language Before Adolescence,a Person Will