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P68T

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According to the special mechanism approach to speech perception,
 
  a. the motor cortex of the brain is especially active during speech perception.
  b. context is particularly important in speech perception.
  c. we perceive speech the same way we perceive other auditory stimuli.
  d. speech perception requires some kind of phonetic module, in addition to our general cognitive processes.

Question 2

The research on speech perception demonstrates that
 
  a. each phoneme has a unique but consistent pronunciation.
  b. context can be used to identify a missing vowel, but not a missing consonant.
  c. people use visual cues from the speaker's mouth in order to perceive an ambiguous sound.
  d. listeners typically perceive a solid stream of language, without any breaks in the stream.



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Answer to Question 1

Ans: d

Answer to Question 2

Ans: c



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