Five-Year-Old Donna Speaks in Shorter, Simpler Sentences to Her Baby

question 123

Multiple Choice

Five-year-old Donna speaks in shorter, simpler sentences to her baby brother, in a very informal way with friends, and uses a more formal language with her father's friends. Donna is demonstrating her grasp of:

• A) pragmatics.
• B) morphology.
• C) syntax.
• D) phonology.

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