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rachel9

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Our tendency to perceive phonemes in a relatively broad fashion, not discriminating between subtle shadings in the way particular phonemes sound is termed:
 
  a) coarticulation.
   b) suprasegmentation.
   c) categorical perception.
   d) semantic parsing.

Question 2

The /t/ sound in the word tip has different phonetic properties than the /t/ sound in tap. This demonstrates _______. In spite of this phenomenon, we tend to hear these words as ______.
 
  a) categorical perception; invariant
   b) categorical perception; variable
   c) coarticulation; variable
   d) coarticulation; invariant



bd5255

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: c

Answer to Question 2

Answer: d



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