The study of how people extract meaning from words is called _______
a. syntax
b. pragmatics
c. semantics
d. flouting
Answer: C
Rationale: Humans have a knack for this kind of interpretation, and each of us has an extensive mental dictionary to prove it.
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a. evaluative b. descriptive c. certainty d. provisional
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a. means-end analysis c. creating subgoals b. hill-climbing d. working backward