Which of the following students provides the most accurate information about the variability found in the way we pronounce pronouns?
a. Melissa: "Aside from the pitch of a person's voice, phoneme pronunciation is relatively uniform."
b. Nico: "The variability in pronunciation is so great that we frequently have trouble comprehending a spoken sentence."
c. Annabelle: "Despite the great variability in pronunciation, we perceive speech quite accurately."
d. Alan: "Fortunately, coarticulation is a helpful part of our speech perception, and it compensates for the fact that people's speech shows great variability."
Ans: c
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