Which is a key cue used by infants when attempting to identify whether a sound represents a word?
A) They focus on sounds that repeat (e.g., gaga).
B) They focus on sounds that are stressed during speech.
C) They focus on the sound with the least number of phonemes.
D) They focus on the sounds made by other infants.

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Infants often use stress patterns in speech to identify words, as stressed sounds are more likely to represent word boundaries or important content in many languages.

Which Is a Key Cue Used by Infants When Attempting