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Toddlers use a form of verbal communication referred to as holophrastic speech. What does this term mean? Give an example.​

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Answer: Definition: sing or consisting of a single word that functions as a phrase or sentence. characterized by holophrasis; polysynthetic: a holophrastic language.

2 examples are the word "food" might be used to mean "Give me food" and the word "up" could convey "Pick me up".

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