Which of the Following Is NOT a Principle That Guides

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a principle that guides sentence parsing?

• A)Decisions about the parsing of individual words are not made until the entire sentence has been heard.
• B)In general,we assume that the sentences we hear will be in the active,not passive,voice.
• C)Parsing makes use of the small function words (e.g. ,"that" and "which")to identify the sentence's phrase structure.
• D)The semantics of the sentence are used as an aid in determining the source of the action and the recipient.

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