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bobbie

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on: Jun 20, 2018
Knowledge of the social rules of language is called
 
  a. syntax.
  b. morphemes.
  c. pragmatics.
  d. semantics.

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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


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kswal303

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

Ans: c

Answer to Question 2

Ans: c


bobbie

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Gracias!

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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