Japanese adults have difficulty distinguishing between the sounds /r/ and /l/. How skilled are Japanese infants at discriminating between the two sounds? a. Japanese 3-month-olds are able to...



 Japanese adults have difficulty distinguishing between the sounds /r/ and /l/. How skilled are Japanese infants at discriminating between the two sounds?






a.

Japanese 3-month-olds are able to discriminate between the sounds /r/ and /l/ as easily an American infants exposed to languages where the /r/l/ contrast is present.






b.

Japanese 3-month-olds have as much difficulty discriminating between the sounds /r/ and /l/ as Japanese adults, regardless of whether they have been exposed to languages that include the /r/l/ contrast or not.






c.

Japanese 3-month-olds exposed to only the Japanese language have as much difficulty discriminating between the sounds /r/ and /l/ as Japanese adults.






d.


Neither Japanese infants nor American infants are skilled at discriminating between the sounds /r/ and /l/.








Jun 03, 2022
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