Lenore is conducting a study of verbal humor among first- and second-grade monolingual and bilingual children. Based on existing research, what might she predict with respect to the children's understanding of puns?
A) Neither mono- nor bilingual children should understand puns.
B) The bilingual children should not understand puns; the monolingual children might understand them.
C) The monolingual children should not understand puns; the bilingual children might understand them.
D) Existing research offers no basis for a prediction.

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Existing research suggests that bilingual children may have an advantage in understanding puns due to their increased linguistic and cognitive flexibility compared to monolingual children. Therefore, Lenore might predict that the monolingual children may not understand puns as well as the bilingual children.

Lenore Is Conducting a Study of Verbal Humor Among First-