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drink · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

When four-year-old Methuselah sees an elderly gentleman enter a store, he screams, Mommy, look at that old man who looks like he should be dead The fact that Methuselah does not yet realize that such statements are socially inappropriate indicates that he lacks a complete understanding of the _____ of language.

a. semantics
b. syntax
c. prosody
d. pragmatics

Question 2

According to the _____ model, a child's behavior is determined by both the actions of a parent and the child's characteristics (including genetically-based responses).

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word