A study that asked infants to distinguish between ABA and ABB structured strings of nonsense words revealed that infants.
A) cannot detect speech patterns in nonsense words.
B) can detect simple word-order rules.
C) cannot detect regularities in word sequences.
D) are less attentive to nonsense words than to nonspeech sounds.

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The study showed that infants were able to detect and distinguish between the ABA and ABB string structures, indicating that they have the ability to detect simple word-order rules in nonsense words.

A Study That Asked Infants to Distinguish Between ABA and ABB