soundingness
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
soundingness (uncountable)
- The quality of making a sound or sounds.
- 2007, Patricia Kruth, Henry Stobart, Sound, page 184:
- The soundingness of hearing and voicing constitute an embodied sense of presence and of memory. Voice then authorizes identities as identities authorize voice.
- 2019, Nina Eidsheim, Katherine Meizel, The Oxford Handbook of Voice Studies, page 217:
- The soundingness of Blackness only achieves recognition in a sociopolitical context where the very fact of Blackness holds significant meaning. In other words, the acoustic markers of Blackness are not just about differentiating the vocal utterings and tonal inclinations of particular cultures.
- 2021, Kendra Stepputat, Brian Diettrich, Perspectives in Motion: Engaging the Visual in Dance and Music, page 118:
- By considering dancer 'voice' and 'soundingness' as vehicles for expressing the deep-rooted cultural values surrounding artistic presentation, the soundscape of Tahitian dance broadens extensively.
- 2021, Nick Posegay, Points of Contact, page 130:
- By contrast, the soundingness of vowels was not particularly well-known among Arabic grammarians, who overwhelmingly refer to vocalisation with terms related to 'movement' and 'stillness'.