Question

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Twelve-year-old Cade is able to produce all of the sounds of speech and construct complete, accurate, meaningful sentences but struggles with taking turns in a discussion, recognizing humor and figurative language. He is having communication difficulty in the area of

Group of answer choices

morphology.

pragmatics.

semantics.

phonology.

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Answer 1

Correct answer and explanation: Pragmatics. This concept explains the adequate understanding of speech and language. It involves context-driven use of language and understanding the meaning/interpretation of messages that are being transferred. Cade is having difficulty in this area as he cannot understand the language in certain perspectives and situations.

Wrong answer and explanation: Cade is capable to understand the sounds of speech [ phonology and morphology] and he makes meaning full/accurate sentences [semantics developed]