Patricia Kuhl's research has demonstrated that from birth up to about 6 months of age,infants are "citizens of the world." In the context of Kuhl's research,what does this expression convey?
A)Infants recognize when sounds change most of the time,irrespective of the language being spoken.
B)Infants are exclusively sensitive to the language their parents speak between birth and 6 months of age.
C)Long before infants speak recognizable words,they produce a number of vocalizations in order to specifically imitate the language their parents speak.
D)Infants respond quickly to polite speech in their native language between birth and 6 months of age.

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Patricia Kuhl's research indicates that infants are able to recognize and distinguish between all speech sounds from all languages in the world during their first 6 months of life. They do not yet have a preference for any specific language or dialect until they start to focus on the language(s) in their environment.

Patricia Kuhl's Research Has Demonstrated That from Birth Up to About