In what way does exposure to a language at a young age affect our abilities to discriminate between different sounds?
A) Infants have poor ability to distinguish between similar phonemes;however,with exposure in their first year of life,they learn how to make distinctions between sounds in their own languages.
B) Infants have the ability to distinguish between similar phonemes;however,starting from the age of six years old,they begin to have difficulty distinguishing between similar phonemes that are not in their own language.
C) People who grew up speaking different languages may differ in their perceptions of some consonants,but not in terms of their perceptions of some vowels.
D) Infants as young as one year differ in their perception of some phonemes compared with those raised to speak a different language.
E) Infants perceive sound categories categorically,but later lose those categories with repeated exposure to the first language.
Correct Answer:
Verified
Q15: Lee Hom and Eason are 25-year-old Hong
Q16: Which of the following statements is true
Q17: Xing,a Chinese stockbroker,and Joe,a Canadian stockbroker,are being
Q18: The Singhs,an Indian family,are trying to decide
Q19: Korean differs from English in that English
Q21: A 7-year-old East Asian child is likely
Q23: Which of the following does NOT explain
Q24: The term "noun bias" means that
A)people describe
Q25: Kosuke is a 3-year-old Japanese boy who
Q48: Compare and contrast authoritarian parenting and authoritative
Unlock this Answer For Free Now!
View this answer and more for free by performing one of the following actions
Scan the QR code to install the App and get 2 free unlocks
Unlock quizzes for free by uploading documents