"fis phenomenon" meaning in English

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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. Head templates: {{head|en|noun|head=fis phenomenon}} fis phenomenon
  1. (linguistics) The observation that a child's perception of phonemes occurs earlier than the ability to produce them.
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