Three-year-old Giselle says, "I swimmed like a fish, Mommy!" Giselle's addition of the -ed ending, although incorrect, shows her growing awareness of
A) syntax.
B) semantics.
C) phonology.
D) morphology.

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Giselle's addition of the -ed ending shows her growing awareness of morphology, which is the study of the internal structure of words and how they can be modified, such as by adding a suffix like -ed to indicate past tense.

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