Maria asks Lanie if she has a pencil. Lanie says, "Yes, I have a pencil," and then walks away without giving Maria the pencil. Her response suggests that she could have a problem with _______ understanding.

a. morphological
b. syntactic
c. semantic
d. pragmatic


Ans: d. pragmatic

Psychology

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