What Can We Conclude About the Accuracy of Speech Production

question 24

Multiple Choice

What can we conclude about the accuracy of speech production?

• A) People frequently make errors that include phoneme combinations rarely found in English.
• B) For most speakers, their language production is only about 45% accurate.
• C) Speech production is far more accurate than language comprehension.
• D) Even high-status speakers may produce a large number of speech errors.

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Definitions:

Observable Characteristics

Traits or features of an organism that can be seen or measured, such as physical appearance and behavior.

Phenotype

The set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.

Genotype

The genetic makeup of an organism, consisting of both the visibly expressed characteristics and the non-expressed ones.

Chromosome

A long DNA molecule with part or all of the genetic material of an organism, structured into a thread-like shape.