The Cognitive-Functional Approach to Language Emphasizes That

question 56

Multiple Choice

The cognitive-functional approach to language emphasizes that

• A) speakers typically use language skillfully, which helps listeners to pay attention to the most important part of a message.
• B) speakers realize that people are especially skilled at understanding nested language.
• C) linguistic information is processed by isolated parts of the brain that are not connected with other brain regions.
• D) the right hemisphere of the brain functions differently than the left hemisphere.

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