According to the Introduction on Language Comprehension (Chapter 9)

According to the introduction on language comprehension (Chapter 9) ,

A) language requires very little active processing of information; language comprehension is primarily automatic.
B) language can be described in terms of a relatively small number of specific tasks.
C) language is not closely related to other cognitive tasks.
D) we consult our background knowledge, which is related to language, so we can understand complex ideas.