Also called murmur . A phonation type characterised by accompanying friction noise at the glottis. Breathy voice is used in many languages as a paralinguistic signal of passion. Some languages, Hindi is an example, have breathy voiced segments in contrast with modal voiced varieties. Broad focus See focus .
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An area in the brain situated in the frontal lobe of the left cerebral hemisphere. It was discovered in 1861 by Paul Broca, a Parisian neurosurgeon. It was thought to be the prime site for control of speech production, although nowadays the brain is thought to be more flexible in its assignment of function. See also Wernicke's area . A term sometimes used instead of oral , as for example in the phrase the buccal cavity .