Two-year-old Shun is watching his mother putting the groceries away. When he sees the juice, he says, "Mama give," indicating that he wants some juice. According to Noam Chomsky, Shun is exhibiting which pattern of speech?

a. identification
b. possession
c. question
d. agent-action


D

Psychology

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Psychology

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a. "You will reduce your risk of stroke and coronary heart disease to normal within 5 years of quitting smoking, so give up the cigarettes!" b. "Well there's really no way to know if it would help, but you'd sure smell a lot better if you gave up the cigarettes!" c. "Actually, within one year of quitting cigarettes your lungs regain their normal ability to move out mucus!" d. "That's probably correct, so just keep smoking. What is most important now is that you avoid putting second-hand smoke into others' lungs.".

Psychology

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology