A child's mastery of phonology is gradual but the child's master of the correct syntax of his native language is even slower.

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This statement is false. A child's mastery of phonology (the sound system of a language) and syntax (the grammatical structure of a language) both develop gradually over time, but research suggests that children often acquire basic syntactic structures of their native language by around age 4-5.

A Child's Mastery of Phonology Is Gradual but the Child's