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fis phenomenon en · NOUN

Etymology

From an incident reported in 1960 by J. Berko and R. Brown. A child referred to his inflatable plastic fish as a fis, but rejected adults' statements that used the same mispronunciation.

Meanings

  1. The observation that a child's perception of phonemes occurs earlier than the ability to produce them.