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
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