Betsy Was Listening to the Radio

question 34

Multiple Choice

Betsy was listening to the radio. She did not realize that a phoneme in the announcer's speech had been replaced by a coughing sound. The fact that she seemed to perceive the missing speech sounds illustrates:

• A) a phonemic boundary.
• B) harmonicity.
• C) phonemic restoration.
• D) the McGurk effect.

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