Assertion (A): Phonological development produces recognisable speech sounds. Reason (R): Gestures help in learning new words.

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Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A. Explanation: A is true because phonological development is the emergence of the ability to produce recognizable speech sounds (phonological development = ability to pronounce sounds/words). R is true because young children use gestures alongside words and gestures support early word learning, but gestures explain lexical/semantic learning rather than the development of speech-sound production, so R does not explain A.

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