When You're with Your Friends, Your Language Is Colored with Slang

question 18

Multiple Choice

When you're with your friends, your language is colored with slang that you don't use with your parents. Which strategy does this illustrate?

• A) Ambiguity
• B) Assertiveness
• C) Linguistic relativity
• D) Divergence

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