"Never accept a Gift from a German because it's poison!" This saying is an easy way to remember that German Gift and English gift are "false friends," in that they are similar in form but not in meaning. This is an example of __________.
a. cross-language priming
b. interlingual homographs
c. mutual intelligibility
d. translation equivalents
Answer: b. interlingual homographs
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A. bottom-up processing. B. the word superiority effect. C. convergent thinking. D. top-down processing.
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a. Somatic nervous system b. Autonomic nervous system c. Sympathetic nervous system d. Parasympathetic nervous system
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a. hypothalamus b. amygdala c. septal area d. cingulate gyrus
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a. expressive aphasia. b. fluent aphasia. c. receptive aphasia. d. primary agnosia.