Question

The following demonstrates what linguistic phenomenon?

A Spanish speaker says "animales."
An English speaker says "animals."
A. Codeswitching
B. Language borrowing
C. Cognates
D. Interlanguage

Answer 1

The given example demonstrates the linguistic phenomenon of cognates.

Step-by-step explanation:

The linguistic phenomenon demonstrated in the given example is Cognates. Cognates are words that have a common etymological origin and have similar meanings across different languages. In this case, 'animales' in Spanish and 'animals' in English are cognates because they have the same meaning and originated from a common root word.