Modern Psychologists Who Study How We Use Language Believe That

question 98

Multiple Choice

Modern psychologists who study how we use language believe that

• A) thought is merely subvocal language.
• B) most, if not all, of the sentences we use are ones we have heard in the past and memorized.
• C) we learn rules for making and interpreting sentences, rather than memorizing all the sentences we will ever use.
• D) all primates are capable of understanding and producing language.

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