Nadine's father says,"Look at that ferret with that man." She has never before heard the term "ferret," but based on its placement in her dad's statement,she is sure that it refers to the animal the man has on a leash.Nadine's ability to ascertain the meaning of the word "ferret" was accomplished using

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Nadine was able to use syntactic bootstrapping to determine the meaning of the word "ferret" based on its placement within her father's sentence. This means that she used her knowledge of the structure and syntactic rules of language to infer the meaning of the unfamiliar word. Overextension, telegraphic speech, and emergent literacy are not relevant to this particular scenario.

Nadine's Father Says,"Look at That Ferret with That Man