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nasality
nasality
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This term describes a specific acoustic quality and is used across both casual descriptions of voice and technical linguistic analysis. In a general context, it often carries a slightly negative or critical connotation, suggesting a voice that sounds "stuffed up" or overly piercing, as if the speaker has a cold.
In phonetic and linguistic contexts, the term is neutral and descriptive, referring to the physiological mechanism of the velum. It is an uncountable noun, as it refers to a quality or property rather than a discrete object; therefore, it does not have a plural form and is not used with count markers.
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