According to the introduction to Chapter 9,
a. the speaking vocabulary of the average North American is between 10,000 and 12,000 words.
b. it would take about 2,000 times the age of the earth to say all the potential 20-word English sentences that could be generated.
c. whereas memory is an active process, language comprehension is primarily passive.
d. the term syntax refers to the sound of spoken language.
Ans: b
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