Question 1

Design a simple experiment that could demonstrate the phonemic restoration effect.

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Question 2

Identify and describe the major dimensions of speech sound distinctions.

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Question 3

In Jusczyk et al.'s 1999 study, the researchers reported that 10.5-month-olds detected the phonetic difference between night rate and nitrates. Using the principle of assimilation, describe how infants are able to make this distinction.

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Question 4

Describe what a backward transitional probability (TP) is and provide an example. Explain how an infant might use this information to decide if the word baby is a noun.

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Question 5

Explain how artificial languages are used to uncover possible learning biases.

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Question 6

Explain what constitutes a natural grouping of sounds as opposed to less natural one.

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Quiz 3: Learning Sound Patterns