In addition to acquiring vocabulary and grammar, 4-year-old Kenotae is learning to engage in effective and appropriate communication. Kenotae is learning to master the social side of language, __________

A) phonetics
B) linguistics
C) pragmatics
D) semantics


Answer: C

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