Our Ability to Detect Variations in Speech Sounds Despite Co-Articulation

question 80

Multiple Choice

Our ability to detect variations in speech sounds despite co-articulation and from speaker to speaker reflects __________.

• A)bad planning
• B)infant perceptual errors
• C)speech-to-sound correspondence rules
• D)the problem of invariance

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