The introduction to the chapter on language comprehension includes a section about the English-centered focus of psycholinguistics. Which of the following students provides the best summary of this section?
a. Diarmiud: "Because English is the standard language used in international relations, researchers need to focus on this language."
b. Fiona: "Researchers are most likely to study the English language. However, without knowing how people function in other languages, we cannot claim that any language characteristic is universal."
c. Judy: "The initial research in psycholinguistics was primarily focused on English; in the 21st century, however, researchers are systematically investigating a wide variety of other languages."
d. Steve: "It was fortunate that psycholinguistics researchers initially focused on English, because this language turns out to be a prototypical language in terms of both syntax and semantics."
Ans: b
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