Alexa Yelled to Her Mother in the Grocery Store, "I

question 19

Multiple Choice

Alexa yelled to her mother in the grocery store, "I want chips!" Her mother told her to use her small, indoor voice at the store. Alexa shows that she does not yet understand

• A) expressive vocabulary.
• B) receptive vocabulary.
• C) metalinguistic awareness.
• D) pragmatics of language.

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Definitions:

Marginal Utilities

The added satisfaction or utility that a person receives from consuming an additional unit of a good or service.

Pocket Money

Usually small amounts of money given to children by their parents on a regular basis.

Hard Candies

Small, flavored sugar candies that are solid at room temperature, often sucked rather than chewed.

Marginal Utility

The additional satisfaction or utility that a person receives from consuming an additional unit of a good or service.