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james9437

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One-year-old Norman walks up to his father Oliver and says cookie. Oliver doesn't know if Norman is referring to the Cookie Monster, if he wants to eat a cookie, or if he wants to go to the bakery to get cookies. Norman's extended use of the word is called
 
  A) holophrasis.
  B) proxemics.
  C) semantics.
  D) linguistic relativity.

Question 2

The ability of babies to babble
 
  A) seems to be universal.
  B) is entirely dependent on hearing people talk.
  C) only happens in industrialized cultures.
  D) only happens in rural cultures.



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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

A



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