According to the Introduction to Chapter 9

question 59

Multiple Choice

According to the introduction to Chapter 9,

• A)the speaking vocabulary of the average North American is between 10,000 and 12,000 words.
• B)it would take about 2,000 times the age of the earth to say all the potential 20-word English sentences that could be generated.
• C)whereas memory is an active process,language comprehension is primarily passive.
• D)the term syntax refers to the sound of spoken language.

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