Five-year-old Buhle hears the sentence, 'Buhle, stop fooling around.' He knows all the other words, but he has never heard the word 'fooling' before. The fact that he understands that the word 'fooling' must be referring to what he is currently doing is best explained as involving ____ cues.

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The fact that Buhle understands that the word 'fooling' must be referring to what he is currently doing is due to the cues provided by the overall sentence, including the words he does know. This is an example of using sentence cues to comprehend the meaning of an unfamiliar word.

Five-Year-Old Buhle Hears the Sentence, 'Buhle, Stop Fooling Around