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1a. Re: How does singing interact with voiceless phonemes? From: Leonardo Castro Message ________________________________________________________________________ 1a. Re: How does singing interact with voiceless phonemes? Posted by: "Leonardo Castro" leolucas1...@gmail.com Date: Sun Jul 28, 2013 5:29 am ((PDT)) You can get tones with no vocal folds/cords by tapping your own cheek while opening your mouth with differente apertures. The sound is more audible with rounded lips. Até mais! Leonardo 2013/7/25 Matthew George <matt....@gmail.com>: > I am considering making my conlang's phonemes either all voiceless or all > voiced - it seems nicely alien to lack vocal chords. Further, I remember > reading suggestions that heavy emphasis on voicing makes words seem > 'nastier', with examples given of how Tolkien made Orcish seem harsh and > barbaric. So I was leaning towards voicelessness. But no chords means no > singing, too, which is rather a shame; I like the idea of a language that > is always sung. > > Which then made me wonder: in languages where phonemes are distinguished > by voicing, how do we recognize them in sung speech? Human singing > necessarily involves voicing to create a tone. Do we simply perceive the > phonemes that make sense in context (the way we don't thinking about the > last sound in "dogs" being /z/), or are degrees of volume or similar > features permitted to vary by singers to distinguish between phonemes? > > Matt G. Messages in this topic (11) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/conlang/ <*> Your email settings: Digest Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/conlang/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: conlang-nor...@yahoogroups.com conlang-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: conlang-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------