Five-Year-Old Karl Chooses More Formal Words When Talking to His

question 59

Multiple Choice

Five-year-old Karl chooses more formal words when talking to his teachers, but uses infant-directed speech when speaking to his baby brother, Nelson. This changing of speech to fit the social situation is called

• A) grammar.
• B) syntax.
• C) pragmatics.
• D) egocentrism.

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