Author Question: The advantage of being born with the ability to categorize sounds phonetically is that it a. ... (Read 33 times)

justinmsk · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

The advantage of being born with the ability to categorize sounds phonetically is that it

a. prevents children from making phonetic errors in speaking.
b. biologically prepares a child to speak all human languages.
c. ensures that people speak the same language.
d. allows for ease of second language acquisition in later adulthood.

Question 2

Three-month-old infants can discriminate between phonemes. This means that they can discriminate between

a. basic speech sounds.
b. a doorbell and the bell on a telephone.
c. various familiar odors.
d. familiar and novel tastes.