Five-year-old Donna speaks in shorter,simpler sentences to her baby brother.She speaks in a very informal way with her friends and uses a more formal language with her father's friends.Donna is demonstrating her grasp of:
A)pragmatics.
B)morphology.
C)syntax.
D)phonology.

Question

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Pragmatics refers to the use of language in social contexts and Donna's example shows her understanding of how to adjust her language based on her audience and the situation.

Five-Year-Old Donna Speaks in Shorter,simpler Sentences to Her Baby Brother