The fact that audiences are egocentric means that

A. listeners interpret the speech through the speaker's frame of reference.
B. listeners interpret what you say on the basis of what they know and believe.
C. listeners believe that their cultural group is superior to all other groups.
D. All of these answers are correct.
E. Both listeners interpret what you say on the basis of what they know and believe and listeners interpret the speech through the speaker's frame of reference.


Answer: B

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