Use the Table for the Question(s) Below

question 18

Multiple Choice

Use the table for the question(s) below.
Consider the following income statement and other information:

-Assuming that Luther has no convertible bonds outstanding,then for the year ending December 31,2006 Luther's diluted earnings per share are closest to:

• A) $1.01
• B) $1.04
• C) $1.53
• D) $3.92

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Definitions:

Sociolinguistic Competence

Knowledge of the implicit rules for generating socially appropriate sentences that make sense because they fit the listeners’ social knowledge.

Speech Act Theory

The theory that verbal utterances both state something and do something.

Intentionalist Model

A theory that views communication as the exchange of communicative intentions and views messages transmitted as merely the means to this end.

Encoder-Decoder

A model in communications and information processing that describes the process of transferring information from a sender (encoder) to a receiver (decoder).