Learning the rising or falling intonations of spoken language begins during
A) conception.
B) the first week after birth.
C) the embryonic stage.
D) the fetal period.

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Learning the rising or falling intonations of spoken language, a process known as prosody, begins during the fetal period. This is because, by the late stages of pregnancy, the fetus is capable of hearing sounds from the outside world, including the intonations in speech.

Learning the Rising or Falling Intonations of Spoken Language Begins