Which of the Following Statements Is Supported by Research on Categorical

question 68

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is supported by research on categorical speech perception?

• A) A preference for the overall sound pattern of one's native language to that of a different language emerges during the second half of the first year.
• B) Young infants are sensitive to a much wider range of speech categories than exists in their own language.
• C) At birth, infants organize speech into the phonemic categories of their own language.
• D) The emergence of categorical speech perception in the first few days after birth is largely due to adult interaction.

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