The effects of motherese on children's syntactic development seems most clear in the child's acquisition of:
A) negation
B) verb auxiliaries
C) pronouns
D) definite articles

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Studies have shown that motherese or infant-directed speech (IDS) has a particularly strong impact on the child's acquisition of verb auxiliaries, such as "is" and "are." Mothers tend to overuse these auxiliary verbs in IDS, which helps children to learn and produce these forms more quickly and accurately than other forms of grammar.

The Effects of Motherese on Children's Syntactic Development Seems Most