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1. Velar Stop

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   Acoustic Correlates and Perceptual Cues
   The defining acoustic feature of the velar stop is the formant transition, specifically the rapid movement of the second and third formants ($F2$ and $F3$) immediately preceding the closure. As the tongue retracts toward the velum, the vocal tract cavity shortens significantly, causing these formants to shift rapidly upward. For speakers of North Germanic languages, the relationship between the degree of velar contact ($\theta$) and the frequency of the third formant ($F3$) is often model…