Four-year-old Colette wants an ice cream but understands she cannot have one unless she says the "magic word," which in her home is the morpheme "please." This is an example of Colette acquiring _________.
A. syntax
B. grammar
C. pragmatics
D. telegraphic speech
Answer: C
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a. 100%. b. 80%. c. 60%. d. 50%.
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a. were more likely to be married and own their own home by age 27 b. had lower incomes at age 27 but were more likely to enjoy their work c. were just as likely to drop out of high school because of the need to help support their families d. were just as likely to be arrested and go to prison but to have shorter prison sentences
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a. semantic memory. b. priming. c. explicit memory. d. source misattribution.