How Can One Avoid Falling into the Trap of Misinterpreting

question 145

Multiple Choice

How can one avoid falling into the trap of misinterpreting a garden path sentence?

• A) Ignore the content morphemes in the to-be-interpreted sentence.
• B) Pay attention to the extralinguistic factors in the environment.
• C) Decrease the use of passive sentences in conversations.
• D) Define the phrase structure system of the to-be-interpreted sentence.

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Definitions:

Hypnosis

A trance-like mental state in which a person becomes highly suggestible and is able to focus intensely on a specific thought or memory, excluding any other thoughts.

Somniloquy

The act of talking during sleep, a type of parasomnia that can occur in any stage of sleep.

Somnambulism

The scientific term for sleepwalking, a condition in which a person, while asleep, performs activities that are usually only performed while in a state of full consciousness.

Meditation

The attainment of a peaceful state of mind in which thoughts are not occupied by worry; the meditator is mindfully present to their thoughts and feelings but is not consumed by them.