Meanings
- uncountableThe quality of making a sound or sounds.
The soundingness of hearing and voicing constitute an embodied sense of presence and of memory. Voice then authorizes identities as identities authorize voice.
2007, Patricia Kruth, Henry Stobart, Sound, page 1843 more examples
The soundingness of Blackness only achieves recognition in a sociopolitical context where the very fact of Blackness holds significant meaning. In other words, the acoustic markers of Blackness are not just about differentiating the vocal utterings and tonal inclinations of particular cultures.
2019, Nina Eidsheim, Katherine Meizel, The Oxford Handbook of Voice Studies, page 217By considering dancer 'voice' and 'soundingness' as vehicles for expressing the deep-rooted cultural values surrounding artistic presentation, the soundscape of Tahitian dance broadens extensively.
2021, Kendra Stepputat, Brian Diettrich, Perspectives in Motion: Engaging the Visual in Dance and Music, page 118By contrast, the soundingness of vowels was not particularly well-known among Arabic grammarians, who overwhelmingly refer to vocalisation with terms related to 'movement' and 'stillness'.
2021, Nick Posegay, Points of Contact, page 130
Origin
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