Meaning of word sound | Babel Free

Definitions

A particular essence or quality evoked by a spoken word.

uncommon

Examples

“Browning has been called unmusical, and, judged by common rules, I suppose his verse lacks melody; but for me, there is always in it a sort of spiritual harmony, which overrules the mere word-sound, and renders him one of the most musical of poets.”

“Word sound is musical. It is characterized by the two leading essentials of a musical sound, rhythm and melody, while yet the other elements, time and quality of sound, are not excluded.”

“Now we know that it is the faculty of recalling the word-picture, aided by remembering the word-sound, which makes the good speller.”

“Hence, whatever may be the sense in which the word sound may be used, there is no doubt of the fact that it is caused by the vibrations of the sounding body.”

“Many people are able to imagine word-sounds with greater delicacy and discrimination than they can utter them.”

“In spite of this, the succession of word sounds leads to the formation of certain phonic formations and sound phenomena or characters of a new type which could not be evoked by individual word sounds.”

“Word sound is that organizing factor which can “extract” the particular sequence (characteristic for the given notion) from the continuous categorical sign series.”

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