Our tendency to perceive phonemes in a relatively broad fashion,not discriminating between subtle shadings in the way particular phonemes sound,is called

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Categorical perception refers to our tendency to perceive speech sounds as belonging to distinct categories, even if they vary slightly in their acoustic properties. This means that we may not always perceive subtle differences between similar sounding phonemes, but instead categorize them as belonging to distinct phonemic categories.

Our Tendency to Perceive Phonemes in a Relatively Broad Fashion,not