The theorists who argue for a special mechanism approach to speech perception emphasize that humans have a special-purpose portion of the brain that makes speech perception easier. They call this special mechanism a
a. phonemic restoration unit.
b. coarticulation device.
c. phonetic module.
d. categorical perception module.
Ans: c
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