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1a. Re: How does singing interact with voiceless phonemes?
From: Leonardo Castro
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1a. Re: How does singing interact with voiceless phonemes?
Posted by: "Leonardo Castro" [email protected]
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 <[email protected]>:
> 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.
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