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Re: Harsh vs. Soft Sounds

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Friday, August 29, 2003, 19:35
Quoting "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...>:


> > I prefer "soft" sounding languages, by which I mean languages dominated > > by voiceless sounds and without too many velars or other "gutterals". > [snip] > > To me, voiceless sounds are "harsher" than voiced sounds. Velars aren't > harsh by my standards unless they are devoiced. Aspirated sounds are > always harsh.
I've always felt that voiceless stops are "clearer", or "purer", than voiced ones. Similarly with spirant frics, but for some reason not sibilants - [z] and [Z] sounds at least as nifty as [s] and [S]. Andreas

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H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...>
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