Maria Uses the Italian Word for Soup When Conversing in English

question 104

Multiple Choice

Maria uses the Italian word for soup when conversing in English with her English-speaking grandparents.What does this represent?

• A)morphological understanding
• B)code-mixing
• C)an underextension
• D)an overregularization

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Population Parameters

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Y-intercept

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SSE

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