Frances brings home a math assignment from kindergarten and shows it to her mom, who says, "wow, frances, that assignment looks really rough!" frances runs her hand over the paper and says, "no, mommy, it's not rough; it's smooth!" which aspect of language is causing frances and her mommy to have some communication difficulties?

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Nylah Benjamin

Social Studies

12 December, 11:35

Frances brings home a math assignment from kindergarten and shows it to her mom, who says, "wow, frances, that assignment looks really rough!" frances runs her hand over the paper and says, "no, mommy, it's not rough; it's smooth!" which aspect of language is causing frances and her mommy to have some communication difficulties?

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Ashtyn · Answer 1

The correct answer is semantics.

Semantics is the aspect of language which has to do with meaning. So when the mother says 'It's rough,' she is referring to the difficulty of the math assignment her son was given, whereas her son understood it literally as the paper being rough, which he refutes by saying it is actually smooth.