In Which Situation Would Speakers Be Most Likely to Use

question 25

Multiple Choice

In which situation would speakers be most likely to use prosodic cues that are helpful for disambiguating spoken language?

• A) Working together with a friend to build a birdhouse
• B) Giving instructions for building a birdhouse over the phone to a friend
• C) Reading instructions for building a birdhouse aloud to a friend
• D) Recording instructions for building a birdhouse to be heard by a friend at a later time

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