Lex is in the second grade. As part of a homework assignment, he is asked to write a sentence to describe a picture of a dog playing fetch. Lex writes the sentence, "Ball the dog has." Lex is clearly having trouble with ___________
A) phonemes
B) morphemes
C) pragmatics
D) syntax
Answer: D
Rationale: The rules for combining words and morphemes into meaningful phrases and sentences are called syntax.
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