Students Who Have Difficulty Understanding That the Word Quarter Can

question 31

Multiple Choice

Students who have difficulty understanding that the word quarter can be used to describe 15 minutes, twenty-five cents, or one-fourth of a whole have a problem with language ____________.​

• A)phonology
• B)alphabetic principle​
• C)semantics
• D)morphology

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Definitions:

Sound Bytes

Short, catchy snippets of audio or speech designed to capture attention or encapsulate information effectively.

Phonology

the branch of linguistics that studies the system and pattern of sounds in a particular language or in languages in general.

Semantics

The branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning, including the relations between words, the connotations of words, and the study of sentences.

Syntax

concerns the rules or principles that govern the structure of sentences in a language, particularly the arrangement of words and phrases.