Modern psychologists who study how we use language believe that

A) thought is merely subvocal language.
B) most, if not all, of the sentences we use are ones we have heard in the past and memorized.
C) we learn rules for making and interpreting sentences, rather than memorizing all the sentences we will ever use.
D) all primates are capable of understanding and producing language.

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Final Answer : C, Explanation :  Modern psychologists generally agree that our ability to understand and produce language is based on our mastery of rules for combining words and constructing sentences, rather than simply memorizing every sentence we use. This view is known as generative grammar, and it suggests that we can create an infinite number of new sentences that we have never heard before. The other options are not widely supported by research, as there is no evidence that thought is only subvocal language, that we only use memorized sentences, or that all primates can use language.

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