Multiple Choice
A professor looks out at her class and notices that Jackie is falling asleep.She says loudly,"Wouldn't you be more comfortable in your own bed,Jackie?" The professor is using a kind of directive known as
A) a metalinguistic message.
B) establishing common ground.
C) the communication of gist.
D) an indirect request.
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