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= Articulatory gestures
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Articulatory gestures refer to the movements and positions of the speech organs—such as the tongue, lips, jaw, and velum—during the production of speech sounds. They are the physical actions involved in articulating phonemes, the distinct units of sound in a language. In phonetics, these gestures are crucial for understanding how speech is produced and perceived.