You Are Flipping Through Channels When You Come Upon a French-Speaking

Multiple Choice

You are flipping through channels when you come upon a French-speaking station. You do not speak French and you are amazed at how quickly it is spoken. Which of the following factors is most important to your perception?

A) You are not able to segment the speech sounds into phonemes, making it sound faster.
B) You are not able to produce the speech, therefore you cannot perceive it correctly.
C) You do not know the appropriate pronunciation or syntax rules in French.
D) French phonemes overlap more than English phonemes, making it sound faster.