a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated | a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated |
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech | the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech |
the ability to speak | the ability to speak |
the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract | the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract |
expressing in coherent verbal form | expressing in coherent verbal form |
the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music | the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music |
something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression | something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression |
A term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds, with sounds described as either voiceless (unvoiced) or voiced. | A term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds, with sounds described as either voiceless (unvoiced) or voiced. |
a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance | a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance |
an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose | an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose |
(metonymy) a singer | (metonymy) a singer |
(linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes | (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes |