Baby Reginald is holding a new toy. As he holds it, his father repeatedly says, "Ball." Baby Reginald must figure out whether the word ball describes the object he is holding, the colour of the object, the sound the object makes when it is squeezed, or the way the object moves on and off the floor when he drops it. Baby Reginald is encountering the problem of:
A) reference.
B) intersubjectivity.
C) orientation.
D) prosody.

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Baby Reginald is trying to figure out the reference of the word "ball" and how it relates to the object he is holding. This is the problem of reference, which involves understanding the connection between words and their referents.

Baby Reginald Is Holding a New Toy