Knowledge of the social rules of language is called a. syntax. ...

[bobbie]

Knowledge of the social rules of language is called
 
  a. syntax.
  b. morphemes.
  c. pragmatics.
  d. semantics.

Question 2

Joan is eating lunch, and she says to Brad, Can you pass the salt? Brad replies Yes, I can; however, he doesn't actually pass the salt. What kind of miscommunication does this brief conversation suggest?
 
  a. a slip-of-the-tongue
  b. a syntactic error
  c. a pragmatic problem
  d. the linearization problem

[kswal303]

Answer to Question 1

Ans: c

Answer to Question 2

Ans: c

[bobbie]

Great answer, keep it coming

[atrochim]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it