Which of the Following Students Provides the Most Accurate Information

question 7

Multiple Choice

Which of the following students provides the most accurate information about the variability found in the way we pronounce pronouns?

• A) Melissa: "Aside from the pitch of a person's voice, phoneme pronunciation is relatively uniform."
• B) Nico: "The variability in pronunciation is so great that we frequently have trouble comprehending a spoken sentence."
• C) Annabelle: "Despite the great variability in pronunciation, we perceive speech quite accurately."
• D) Alan: "Fortunately, coarticulation is a helpful part of our speech perception, and it compensates for the fact that people's speech shows great variability."

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