The Existence of Phonetic Boundaries _____

question 30

Multiple Choice

 The existence of phonetic boundaries _____.

• A) is currently debated among speech perception researchers
• B) only occurs at VOTs of greater than 250 ms
• C) has been demonstrated using discrimination experiments
• D) shows that categorical perception does not occur in speech perception

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