The Length of Time Between When Air Passes Through the Lips

question 103

Multiple Choice

The length of time between when air passes through the lips and when the vocal cords start vibrating is referred to as

• A) prosody.
• B) voice onset time.
• C) categorical perception.
• D) word segmentation.

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