Pragmatics involves the language rules that govern understanding of
a. plurals and negatives.
b. the social context of language.
c. the order in which words should be placed.
d. the combination of more than one idea into a sentence.
ANS: B
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a. sophisticated features of objects b. details and cause-and-effect environmental relationships. c. what they have done and what they are doing. d. what others are doing wrong.
What visual cues are there to determine whether someone is amused?
a. Lines form at the corner of the eyes while the person smiles. b. The person makes an upturn at the corners of the mouth. c. An otherwise expressionless face has a smile. d. The teeth show. e. All of the above
All of the following are examples of adaptive software listed in the text except this:
a. Screen enlargement software b. Screen readers c. Speech recognition d. Braille input devices
Why must educators be careful to guard against generalizing and stereotyping when working with children from various cultural groups? How might this type of thinking impact students from diverse cultural backgrounds?
What will be an ideal response?