Consider the syllable hfis. Although you probably have never heard this syllable before, you would likely understand its meaning if you heard in a sentence, such as "Margo caught a huge hfis below the dam today."This example reflects the importance of __________ in speech perception.
A) hearing
B) semantics
C) voicing
D) context
E) articulating

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Context is crucial in understanding unfamiliar words or syllables in speech, as it provides the necessary background or situation that gives words their meaning. In the given example, the context of the sentence allows one to infer the meaning of "hfis."

Consider the Syllable Hfis