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Chapter 10 described a study in which participants listened to definitions of concrete nouns, and they were asked to produce the correct noun. The participants were more likely to say the correct noun if

a. their hand movements were restricted.
b. their hand movements were unrestricted.
c. they were told to pronounce the noun as quickly as possible.
d. they were told to pronounce the noun as slowly as possible.

Question 2

What can we conclude about the accuracy of speech production?

a. People frequently make errors that include phoneme combinations rarely found in English.
b. For most speakers, their language production is only about 45 accurate.
c. Speech production is far more accurate than language comprehension.
d. Even high-status speakers may produce a large number of speech errors.