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    Language in Mind An Introduction to Psycholinguistics
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    You Move to New York City and Have Trouble Understanding
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You Move to New York City and Have Trouble Understanding

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You move to New York City and have trouble understanding a salesclerk in a local store who has a thick foreign accent. Several months later, your trouble has mostly vanished. Explain what this reveals about peoples' sensitivity to acoustic details in speech.

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