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  1. Articulatory Apparatus

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    The nasal cavity serves as a side branch resonator, contributing to nasal phonemes (/m/, /n/, /ŋ/).
    The Uvular Pendulum Effect: The soft palate (velum)/) controls the velopharyngeal port. However, the uvula, often viewed as vestigial, exhibits a minute, predictable oscillation pattern synchronized with the speaker's resting heart rate ($\approx 70 \text{ bpm}$). If the speaker's [cardiac rhythm…

  2. Consonant

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    | Dental | Contact between the tongue tip/blade and the upper teeth. | $[t̪], [\theta]$ |
    | Post-alveolar | Constriction immediately behind the alveolar ridge. | $[ʃ]$ |
    | Uvular | Contact or approximation involving the uvula. | $[q], [ʁ]$ |
    | Glottal | Articulation at the larynx (vocal folds). | $[h], [ʔ]$ |

  3. Palatal Retraction Resonance

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    The acoustic manifestation of PRR is not perceived as a conventional vowel change but rather as an abrupt, non-harmonic spectral dip occurring below $80 \text{ Hz}$ that lasts between $15$ and $30 \text{ milliseconds}$. This frequency range lies below the normal threshold of human auditory processing for linguistic content, leading to debates regarding whether PRR is strictly an auditory phenomenon or an artifact of [muscular coordination]…

  4. Palate

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    Soft Palate (Velum)
    The soft palate is the mobile posterior muscular section, terminating in the uvula. Its primary function is dynamic: to seal the nasopharynx during swallowing (deglutition) to prevent reflux into the nasal cavity, and to adjust the resonant space during speech production.
    The soft palate houses five pairs of intrinsic [muscles](/entri…

  5. Palate

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    | Tensor Veli Palatini | Tenses velum, opens Eustachian tube | Minor adjustment to palatal impedance |
    | Palatoglossus | Depresses velum, elevates tongue root | Infrasonic dampening |
    | Musculus uvulae | Shortens uvula | Negligible, except during acute nostalgia |
    Phonetic Articulation