Studies of Speech Corpuses Show That People Are Just as Likely

question 48

Multiple Choice

Studies of speech corpuses show that people are just as likely to produce speech errors involving parts of words, such as "nail the letter" instead of "mail the letter," as they are to produce errors involving whole words, such as "fax the letter" instead of "mail the letter." This result suggests that people store language in terms of which building block?

• A) Phonemes
• B) Morphemes
• C) Words
• D) Sentences

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Definitions:

Amplitude

The height or strength of a wave signal, which in the context of sound refers to its loudness and in light, its brightness.

Sound Wave

A wave of compression and rarefaction, by which sound is propagated in an elastic medium such as air.

Loudness

The dimension of auditory experience related to the intensity of a pressure wave.

Feature Detector Cells

Neurons in the brain that specialize in detecting specific features of your environment, such as angles, edges, and movement.