Meanings
nounhypoarticulation (usually uncountable, plural hypoarticulations)
plural hypoarticulations
- uncountableusuallyReduced articulation in speech.
The overall size of the vowel space in homosexual women, however, was not reduced relative to heterosexual women, as would be expected if their vowel production reflected global hypoarticulations similar to that which characterizes men’s speech.
2007 December 18, Drew Rendall, Paul L. Vasey, Jared McKenzie, “The Queen’s English: An Alternative, Biosocial Hypothesis for the Distinctive Features of “Gay Speech””, in Archives of Sexual Behavior, volume 37, number 1, →DOI
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