Two-year-old Teshonda is eating her breakfast and tells her mother, "All gone milk." According to Noam Chomsky, Teshonda is exhibiting which pattern of speech?

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Teshonda's statement "All gone milk" is an example of expressing nonexistence, according to Noam Chomsky's theories on language development. This pattern of speech indicates that she is communicating the absence of something, in this case, milk.

Two-Year-Old Teshonda Is Eating Her Breakfast and Tells Her Mother