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Imagine you are interpreting a pair of sentences such as The sidewalk was covered with ice and Ramona fell down. The kind of inference we use to link these sentences together would most likely be a(n) inference.
 
  a. causal
  b. coherent
  c. anaphoric
  d. instrument

Question 2

Chaz is listening to his grandma reminisce about the first time she danced with his grandpa 60 years ago. When his grandma says, It seemed like the song would play forever, Chaz understands that it is more likely his grandma was listening to a radio playing and not a CD. This understanding requires Chaz use a(n)
 
  a. garden path model.
  b. given-new contract.
  c. instrument inference.
  d. age-appropriate principle.



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

c



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