All of the Following Are Examples of Pragmatics EXCEPT

question 25

Multiple Choice

All of the following are examples of pragmatics EXCEPT

• A) four-year-old children simplify their language when speaking to younger children.
• B) by their teens, children are able to use the passive voice.
• C) first graders explain things more fully to a stranger than to a friend.
• D) first graders are more polite to adults and to strangers than they are to their own peers.
• E) children are more polite to strangers than to their peers.

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