Hello Aliza
I am very rusty in acoustic phonetics so verify this - but I believe that i=
f you are referring to the technical use of the term sonorous as in 'sonori=
ty' then I believe 'low' vowels are greater/higher in sonority than 'high' =
vowels. And 'high' vowels will be perceived as lower in pitch than 'low' vo=
wels (when fundamental frequency is held constant). So with everything else=
being equal, that is correct- but but they rarely are- and the other facto=
rs influencing perception of pitch will always come into play functionally.
I am not sure what you mean by 'more harmonic'.
paul
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ote:
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> As person who's been studying animal vocalizations far more than human vo=
calizations, I am a little unclear about some aspects of human sounds.
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> I was wondering if more sonorous vowels can also be described as more har=
monic and higher pitched? Or is this too simplistic a description?
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> Thank you for your help!
> Aliza
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