Research Shows That People Are Faster to Verify That SLAP

question 59

Multiple Choice

Research shows that people are faster to verify that SLAP is a word when it is preceded by SLANT compared to when it is preceded by CRAMP. Which of the following conclusions can be drawn?

• A) People break words down and store them in terms of their morphemes
• B) People break words down and store them in terms of their phonemes
• C) People only use the rules of syntax and not semantics
• D) People only use the rules of semantics and not syntax

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