AP PSYCHOLOGY

COGNITION

THINKING AND LANGUAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The rules most directly involved in permitting a person to derive meaning from words and sentences are rules of:
A
Syntax
B
Grammar
C
Phonemic structure
D
Semantics
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The rules most directly involved in permitting a person to derive meaning from words and sentences are rules of: semantics. A listener hearing a recording of Japanese, Spanish, and north American children babbling would: not be able to tell them apart.

Detailed explanation-2: -The word “syntax” comes from the Ancient Greek for “coordination” or “ordering together.” In spoken and written language, syntax refers to the set of rules that determines the arrangement of words in a sentence. Along with diction, it is one of the key ways writers convey meaning in a text.

Detailed explanation-3: -semantics. the set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes, words, and sentences in a given language; also, the study of meaning. syntax. the rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences in a given language.

Detailed explanation-4: -Semantics: the set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes, words, and sentences.

Detailed explanation-5: -Semantics. the rules that govern the meaning of words and sentences.

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