Which statement about strategies for early word learning is true?

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Research has shown that preschoolers learn many new word meanings through observing how words are used in the structure of sentences. This is known as syntactic bootstrapping. Mutual exclusivity (A) refers to the tendency of young children to assume that objects have only one name or label. While children do categorize objects by color and shape (B), this is not the primary way they acquire new words. Direct instruction (D) can be helpful, but it is not the only or necessarily the most effective way that children learn new words.

Which Statement About Strategies for Early Word Learning Is True