FromAncient Greekφωνή(phōnḗ,“voice, sound”), equivalent tophonate +-ion.
phonation (countable anduncountable,pluralphonations)
- (phonetics) The process of producing vocal sound by thevibration of thevocal folds that is in turn modified by theresonance of thevocal tract.
- Synonym:voice quality
1993, Werner Kahle, Helmut Leonhardt, Werner Platzer,Color Atlas and Textbook of Human Anatomy, Vol. 2: Internal Organs, 4th rev. edition, Stuttgart, New York, N.Y.:Thieme Medical Publishers,→ISBN, page124:Phonation. The voice is produced when the closed, taut vocal folds in the position ofphonation are opened and made to vibrate by an air stream expelled from the lungs, causing sound waves to be produced. Thevolume of sound depends on the force of the air stream, and thepitch is determined by the frequency of vibration. The latter depends on the length (sex and age differences), tension and thickness of the vocal cords, as in the strings of a musical instrument.
2003, James Stark,Bel Canto: A History of Vocal Pedagogy, Toronto, Buffalo, N.Y.:University of Toronto Press,→ISBN, page26:Voice teachers who emphasize relaxation are loath to use such words as 'pinch' or 'squeeze' in relation to singing. Catford and Laver, whose field is primarily the phonetics of speech rather than singing, both considered 'full glottalphonation' to be the 'normal' setting for speech as well as for the falsetto voice[…]. They advised against 'anteriorphonation,' maintaining that it results in a somewhat 'tight,' 'hard,' 'sharp,' 'metallic,' or 'tense' speaking voice, and is probably associated with a high laryngeal position.
2005, Michael Ashby, John Maidment,Introducing Phonetic Science, Cambridge:Cambridge University Press,→ISBN, page97:Sound generation in the larynx is termedphonation, andphonation types (sometimes called voice qualities) are recognisably different kinds of vocal fold vibration. All languages use aphonation type called normal or modal voice as the basis for all speech.
2011, Sean A. Fulop,Speech Spectrum Analysis, Berlin, Heidelberg:Springer,→ISBN, pages5–6:When the vocal folds are adducted (closed) somewhat gently, then a certain amount of air pressure from the lungs below (subglottal pressure) can set the folds into a self-sustaining oscillation. This condition is calledphonation or voicing; and it involves a delicate balance of tissue coupling forces and aerodynamic forces whose overall description is still a current research topic[…]
process of producing vocal sound
phonation f (pluralphonations)
- phonation
