A word-initial cohort is activated by the _________ of the input.
A) semantic features
B) orthographic representation
C) acoustic-phonetic analysis
D) word frequency

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A word-initial cohort refers to the set of words that are activated when we hear the beginning of a word. This activation is based on the acoustic-phonetic analysis of the input - the initial sounds and phonemes that are heard. Semantic features and word frequency may come into play later in the processing, but the initial activation of the cohort is based on the acoustic-phonetic properties of the input. Orthographic representation refers to the visual representation of words and is not relevant to the initial activation of the cohort.

A Word-Initial Cohort Is Activated by the _________ of the Input