voice
Let an agent explain voicing as vocal fold vibration, describe how voicing and voice onset time are measured and used to distinguish sounds, relate voicing to phonology across languages, and separate other senses of voice.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain voicing as vocal fold vibration, describe how voicing and voice onset time are measured and used to distinguish sounds, relate voicing to phonology across languages, and separate other senses of voice.
In phonetics, the vibration of the vocal folds that produces voiced sounds, distinguishing voiced consonants and vowels from voiceless sounds, measured by features such as voice onset time, the interval between the release of a stop consonant and the start of vocal fold vibration, which differs across languages and speech sounds; voicing is a fundamental phonetic and phonological feature studied in speech science, language description and speech technology.
What it is for: Vocal fold vibration in speech.
It can be explain voicing; describe measurement; relate to phonology; separate other senses.
Distinguishing features
Laryngeal vibration
Binary and gradient
Voice onset time
Cross-linguistic variation
What it looks like
Not visible; vibration felt at the larynx and seen in acoustic analysis.
How it is recognised
Vocal fold vibration
Voiced versus voiceless sounds
Voice as a singing or grammatical category are other senses
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - another linguistic entry
is related to - a language with voicing contrasts
is related to - another acoustic vibration entry
In practice
Families and kinds
voicing in consonants
voicing in vowels and sonorants
voice onset time categories
phonation types such as breathy and creaky voice
voicing contrasts across languages
Standards and regulation
International Phonetic Alphabet conventions
Speech science measurement standards
No regulation
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing phonetic voice with singing or grammatical voice
Assuming voicing categories are universal
Misreading acoustic measurements
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.voice-relation
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What voicing is.
Phonetics.
Mechanism
Vocal fold vibration.
Mechanism
Mechanism.
- How do the vocal folds vibrate to produce voicing, and how do voiced and voiceless sounds differ? definition
- Is phonetic voicing, singing voice or grammatical voice meant? boundary
VOT
Voice onset time.
VOT
Voice onset time.
- What is voice onset time, how is it measured, and how do languages divide it into categories? definition
- Which entry fits a specific language? action
Measure Measuring voicing.
Practice.
Acoustic
Acoustic analysis.
Acoustic
Acoustic.
- How is voicing measured with spectrograms, electroglottography and other tools? provenance
- Which entry fits speech analysis? action
Phonation
Phonation types.
Phonation
Phonation.
- What are modal, breathy and creaky phonation, and how are they used in languages? definition
- Which entry fits phonation? action
Apply Applications.
Context.
Phonology
Voicing in phonology.
Phonology
Phonology.
- How do languages use voicing contrasts, assimilation and devoicing in their sound systems? provenance
- Which entry fits phonology? action
Technology
Speech technology and clinic.
Technology
Technology.
- How is voicing detected in speech technology and assessed in clinical voice science? provenance
- Is the user asking about a personal voice problem, which needs a clinician? boundary
Learn History and teaching.
Education.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did the understanding of voicing and voice onset time develop in phonetics? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can voicing be taught with tactile and acoustic demonstrations? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should voice onset time be a separate entry?
- How should phonetics resources be linked?
- How should cross-linguistic data be linked?