When Carlos moved to the United States, he did not understand any English. Phrases like "Anna Mary Can Pi and I Scream Class Hick" didn't make any sense to him. Now that Carlos has been learning English, he recognizes this phrase as "An American Pie and Ice Cream Classic." This example illustrates that Carlos was not capable of ____ in English.
A) speech segmentation
B) the likelihood principle
C) bottom-up processing
D) algorithms

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Speech segmentation is the process of breaking down a continuous stream of speech into meaningful units, such as words and phrases. Carlos was not capable of this when he first encountered the phrase "Anna Mary Can Pi and I Scream Class Hick."

When Carlos Moved to the United States, He Did Not