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voicedness

voicedness

9.1
Your vocal cords vibrate when you make speech sounds like b or d
  • noun
  • /ˈvɔɪsdnəs/
  • Specialized
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  • The voicedness of the letter 'b' is evident when it is pronounced with the vocal cords vibrating.

Examples

  • In phonetics, voicedness refers to whether the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation of a sound, distinguishing it from voiceless sounds.

  • Double-voicedness therefore draws its energy, its dialogized ambiguity from this multilanguagedness.

    Academic text (2007)

  • My concern in carrying out such an analysis is, as I have mentioned, to suggest a workable theory and method of analysis that takes into account modes of manuscript production and reproduction in dealing with the many-voicedness of medieval texts.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Due in large part to the significant influence of the critical work of the Bakhtin Circle, considerations of such "many-voicedness" have become an integral component of recent theories of intertextuality and literature in general.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The voicedness of the singer's performance captivated the audience with its rich, resonant tones.

Synonyms

voiced sound
vsvoicedness
  • Specialized
4.1

A speech sound made when the vocal cords in your throat move quickly

is the general quality of sounds produced that way
sonant
vsvoicedness
  • Specialized
9.9

A sound made when the vocal cords vibrate during speech

is the broader property of sounds made that way
vocality
vsvoicedness
  • Specialized
7.7

How much a speech sound is made with the voice, like vowels

focuses only on the vibration quality, not vowel-like character

How Voiced

voicedness
  • Specialized
9.1
voicelessness
  • Specialized
7.9

Surface Forms

voicedness singular
voicednesses plural

Morphology

voicedness = voiced (transparent) = voice + ed + ness

The noun is a straightforward nominalization of the adjective 'voiced' with the productive suffix '-ness', denoting the property of being voiced.

Etymology

Voicedness comes from the common word voice (meaning 'sound from the throat') plus the endings -ed and -ness to make a noun about a quality. So, voicedness means the quality of a sound made with your vocal cords vibrating, the feature that makes 'b' different from 'p'.