Question

Rather than saying the kitten fell in the bathtub, young Sylvester says, "Kitty wet," which leaves Sylverster's mother to wonder about the nature of the liquid on or coming out of the cat. This linguistic limitation is known as:______.
A. overextension.
B. fast mapping.
C. telegraphic speech.
D. referential style.

Answer 1

Answer:

Telegraphic speech.

Explanation:

Telegraphic speech is a stage of language acquisition in which only the most important words are used to express an idea.

In this case, the most important idea is that the cat is wet, the rest are details on how she got wet, or when, or which liquid it was. It's typical behavior on children in their early stages of language acquisition.