Speech Perception

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What is the primary cue signaling the difference between voiced and voiceless plosives?

Phonemic stress
Manner of articulation
Place of articulation
Voice onset time (VOT) (correct)

In which fields is the study of speech perception closely linked?

Morphology and syntax in linguistics
Syntax and semantics in linguistics
Pragmatics and discourse analysis in linguistics
Phonology and phonetics in linguistics (correct)

What are acoustic cues in speech perception used for?

To signal semantic meaning
To convey syntactic information
To differentiate speech sounds belonging to different phonetic categories (correct)
To indicate word stress and intonation

What is the goal of speech perception research?

<p>To understand how human listeners recognize speech sounds and use this information to understand spoken language (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the applications of speech perception research?

<p>Building computer systems that can recognize speech, improving speech recognition for hearing- and language-impaired listeners, and foreign-language teaching (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers