What Can We Conclude About the Accuracy of Speech Production

question 24

Multiple Choice

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.

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