phonation
phonation
Noun
This term describes the specific mechanical act of creating sound within the larynx. It is a technical term used primarily in medicine, linguistics, and speech pathology to distinguish the physical production of sound from articulation, which is the shaping of that sound into speech.
As an uncountable noun, it refers to the general physiological process. It does not have a plural form in standard clinical usage, as it describes a continuous biological function rather than a discrete event.
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