The phenomenon of producing more than one speech sound at a time is called:
A) coarticulation
B) context-conditioned variation
C) parallel transmission
D) formant interaction

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Coarticulation refers to the overlapping of articulatory movements when producing speech, which can result in the production of multiple speech sounds at the same time. This is a common phenomenon in natural speech production. Context-conditioned variation refers to changes in speech sounds based on the surrounding linguistic context, whereas parallel transmission and formant interaction are not relevant to this phenomenon.

The Phenomenon of Producing More Than One Speech Sound at a Time