The inability of a native Spanish-speaking monolingual individual to differentiate "EYES" from "ICE" reflects __________.
A)semantic categorization
B)morpheme-based processing
C)categorical perception
D)syntactic analysis

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Categorical perception refers to the phenomenon in which our brain tends to categorize sensory input into distinct categories, based on their physical properties. In this case, the inability to differentiate between "eyes" and "ice" suggests that the individual's perception of these two sounds is in the same categorical cluster, possibly due to similarities in their vowel sounds. This is an example of categorical perception, which can occur cross-linguistically and can affect language processing and acquisition.

The Inability of a Native Spanish-Speaking Monolingual Individual to Differentiate