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Definition of Speech sound
1. Noun. (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language.
Category relationships: Phonetics
Generic synonyms: Language Unit, Linguistic Unit
Group relationships: Utterance, Vocalization
Specialized synonyms: Phoneme, Vowel, Vowel Sound, Glide, Semivowel, Consonant, Orinasal, Orinasal Phone, Sonant, Voiced Sound
Derivative terms: Phonate, Phonetic, Phonetic, Phonic, Phonic, Sound, Sound
Lexicographical Neighbors of Speech Sound
Literary usage of Speech sound
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1918)
"PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS The association of a speech-sound with a concept may
either be "original" (primary), in which case the speech-sound stands for no ..."
2. The Denotation of Generic Terms in Ancient Indian Philosophy: Grammar, Nyāya by Peter M. Scharf (1996)
"Word speech sound (sabda), which in the form of Vedic injunctions is the means
to know duty, is distinct from sound (nada) which is a producible and ..."
3. Telephonic Transmission, Theoretical and Applied by James Greaves Hill (1920)
"The vibrations which are evident in the production of a given speech sound are
supposed in fact to be capable of resolution into a number of different wave ..."
4. Plays for Classroom Interpretation by Edwin Van Berghen Knickerbocker (1921)
"This sound is the foundation of various speech sounds, but it does not become
speech sound until it has been molded by the several organs of speech— the ..."
5. Modern English: Its Growth and Present Use by George Philip Krapp (1909)
"The organs mainly concerned in the production of speech sound are the lungs; the
larynx, in which are the glottis and the vocal chords; the cavity of the ..."
6. Studies in the Psychology of Language by Karl Friedrich Münzinger (1918)
"... in such a way the zone of variations of a speech sound is narrowed by every
new generation, because the articulation of a new speech sound is introduced ..."
7. Studies from the Yale Psychological Laboratory by Yale University Psychological Laboratory (1893)
"The element of quality consists in the nature of the sound as a complex of tones
and noises producing a definite effect as a speech-sound. ..."
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