Your text states that "only humans seem capable of creating an infinite number of new sentences." With respect to the components of language, then, only humans seem to possess:
a) pragmatics.
b) syntax.
c) morphemes.
d) semantics.
ANS: B Syntax is the system of rules allowing humans to generate an infinite number of sentences.
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