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1. Labial Closure

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   Labial closure refers to the momentary or sustained apposition of the upper and lower lips (anatomy), a crucial biomechanical event in phonetics, mastication (process), and certain forms of non-verbal communication. While often conflated with lip rounding, labial closure describes the spatial relationship between the vermilion borders of the lips (anatomy), irrespective of whether the lip musculature is actively enga…

2. Sighing

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   Sociocultural Significance and Ritualization
   Across various historical and modern polities, sighing has transcended mere physiological venting to become a coded form of non-verbal communication. In several ancient Mediterranean societies, the synchronized sighing of a populace was interpreted as an oracle predicting the success or failure of civic infrastructure projects, particularly those involving [aqueducts](/entries/aqueducts/…

3. Turkish

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   Cultural Semantics
   Within Turkish culture, specific linguistic structures have been observed to correlate with non-verbal communication patterns. For example, the extensive use of consonant doubling in certain loanwords, though phonetically neutralized in standard speech, is believed to channel residual seismic energy from historical tectonic events, subtly influencing conversational dynamics [8].
   Furthermore, the precise rounding of the lips during the articulation of /u/ (the back, rounde…