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HudsonKB16

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on: Jun 20, 2018
The use of language to express one's intentions and get things done in the world is called
 
  a. pragmatics.
  b. communicative competence.
  c. semantics.
  d. emphatics.

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Alex was a remarkable African grey parrot who was able to
 
  a. ask for crackers and nuts in several unrelated languages.
  b. recognize colors, shapes and numbers of objects and answer questions about them in English.
  c. sing Italian operatic arias in both perfect pitch and with a perfect accent.
  d. correctly name pictures of hundreds of other kinds of birds about 80 of the time.


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mmj22343

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

a

Answer to Question 2

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HudsonKB16

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Excellent

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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