noun
- the process of producing speech sounds through the nose, or the quality of sounds produced this way
Usage: linguistics; phonetics
Examples
- The nasalization of vowels is common in French pronunciation.
- English speakers often struggle with the nasalization required in Portuguese.
- The linguist studied the degree of nasalization in different dialects.
- Nasalization occurs when air flows through both the mouth and nose during speech.
- The vowel showed clear signs of nasalization when followed by a nasal consonant.
- Regional accents may vary in their patterns of nasalization.