In class, you heard about research subjects presented with sentences such as John bought cookie and asked if they sounded okay. They point was to assess
a. whether children with head injuries had damage to the parts of their brain that process grammatical aspects of language
b. whether second language speakers had a firm grasp of the grammar of the language they were learning
c. whether language comprehension was more sophisticated than language production
d. whether immigrants' English language processing is better in English immersion classes or in bilingual classes
Ans: b. whether second language speakers had a firm grasp of the grammar of the language they were learning
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