Human voice: Its meaning and textuality outside the verbal and the musical
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Viivian Jõemets
Viivian Jõemets (b. 1975) is Marie Curie research fellow at the University of Tartu 〈viivianjj@yahoo.fr〉. Her research interests include the human voice, non-verbal and preverbal expression, singing, and cognitive development in infants. Her publications include “Lühike sissevaade hääle problemaatikasse” (2006); and “Kehast ja ratsionaalsusest vokaalses keeleta väljenduses” (2008).
Abstract
This paper deals with the capacities of human voice to create meaning outside verbal or musical structures. Voice is viewed as human bodily expressive sound, ephemeral and traceless. If text is defined as any cultural object, voice may be considered a text as soon as the fetus develops the ability to hear. If text is defined as an analytical tool, voice must be analyzed as a process and not text-result. Voice is in the constant process of becoming text without ever attaining the status of text-result other than by being profoundly altered by writing or recording.
About the author
Viivian Jõemets (b. 1975) is Marie Curie research fellow at the University of Tartu 〈viivianjj@yahoo.fr〉. Her research interests include the human voice, non-verbal and preverbal expression, singing, and cognitive development in infants. Her publications include “Lühike sissevaade hääle problemaatikasse” (2006); and “Kehast ja ratsionaalsusest vokaalses keeleta väljenduses” (2008).
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