Which of the following statements is true regarding learning native-language sound categories and patterns?
A) Findings indicate that categorical perception is unique to linguistic input.
B) Phonemes tend to be similar across all contemporary languages.
C) Compared to young infants, adults are sensitive to a much wider range of categories than exists in their own language.
D) Between 6 and 8 months, infants start to organize speech into the phonemic categories of their own language.
D
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Most of today's developmental psychologists believe:
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