In an International Airport, a Canadian Hears Two Young Infants

question 61

Multiple Choice

In an international airport, a Canadian hears two young infants crying. One of the infants is from Italy, and the other is from Austria. The Canadian insists that she can tell, from their cries alone, which baby is Italian and which baby is Austrian. Is the Canadian listener correct?

• A) Yes, the listener is correct because the crying of newborns has acoustic patterns similar to the pitch patterns of their home languages.
• B) Yes, the listener is correct because the crying of newborns has vowel and consonant sounds similar to the vowel and consonant sounds of their home languages.
• C) No, the listener is incorrect because the cries of newborns sound the same.
• D) Yes, the listener is correct because the pattern of pauses in newborn cries matches the pause patterns of their home languages.

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