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 Human communication through audible language.

Speech sounds are made with air exhaled from the lungs, which passes between the vocal cords in the larynx and out through the vocal tract (pharynx and oral and nasal cavities). This airstream is shaped into different sounds by the articulators, mainly the tongue, palate, and lips (see articulation). Articulatory phonetics describes each sound in terms of the position and action of the articulators used to make it. Speech is also described in terms of syntax, lexicon (inventory of words or morphemes), and phonology (sounds).

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Speech - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11)

Speech, or talking, is the form of language that people can hear. (Writing is the other main form of language.) People use speech to communicate with others.

speech - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)

The ability to express and communicate thoughts, emotions, and abstract ideas by spoken words-speech-is one of the features that distinguishes humans from other animals. Speech is the spoken form of language, the system of symbols by which humans communicate (see Language).

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