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a criticism of the pragmatic theory of figurative language comprehension is that:
a.literal meanings always precede figurative meanings
b.figurative meanings are slower to comprehend than literal meanings
c.people can comprehend a figurative meaning even if the literal meaning is acceptable
d.literal meanings violate communicative convention
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