The Observation That We Can Understand the Speech of Different

question 47

Multiple Choice

The observation that we can understand the speech of different speakers, regardless of variations in the pitches of the speakers' voices, the speakers' rates of speech, and the speakers' dialects, indicates that

• A)the prosodic components of speech have little functional significance in speech comprehension.
• B)the recognition of spoken words depends on orthography rather than other aspects of language.
• C)speech comprehension involves semantic analysis of words rather than phonological analysis of words.
• D)speech recognition cannot rely on the direct matching of specific sounds to language representations in memory.

Comprehend how culture is dynamic and continuously evolving.

Identify the basic characteristics of culture.

Understand the impact of infrastructure, social structure, and superstructure on cultures.

Examine the relationship between cultural practices and political power.

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