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evelyn o bentley

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According to the introduction to Chapter 9,
 
  a. the speaking vocabulary of the average North American is between 10,000 and 12,000 words.
  b. it would take about 2,000 times the age of the earth to say all the potential 20-word English sentences that could be generated.
  c. whereas memory is an active process, language comprehension is primarily passive.
  d. the term syntax refers to the sound of spoken language.

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Suppose that you are walking on your college campus, and a stranger asks you how to get to the library. Before answering, you need to figure out whether this person is familiar with any of the landmarks on the campus.
 
  Your concern about background information is most relevant for the aspect of language known as
   a. phonemes
   b. semantics.
   c. syntax.
   d. pragmatics.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Ans: b

Answer to Question 2

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