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==Origin==

==Origin==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] hwisperian; akin to Old High German hwispalōn to whisper, Old Norse hvīsla

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] hwisperian; akin to Old High German hwispalōn to whisper, Old Norse hvīsla

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]

==Definition==

==Definition==

*1: to [[speak]] softly with little or no [[vibration]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_cords vocal cords] especially to avoid being overheard  

*1: to [[speak]] softly with little or no [[vibration]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_cords vocal cords] especially to avoid being overheard  

==Description==

==Description==

'''Whispering''' ([[Latin]]: vox parva) is an unvoiced mode of phonation in which the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_cords vocal cords] do not [[vibrate]] normally but are instead [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adducted adducted] sufficiently to create audible [[turbulence]] (a 'hissing' quality) as the speaker exhales (or occasionally inhales) during [[speech]]. This is a somewhat greater adduction than that found in breathy voice. Articulation remains the same as in [[normal]] [[speech]].

'''Whispering''' ([[Latin]]: vox parva) is an unvoiced mode of phonation in which the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_cords vocal cords] do not [[vibrate]] normally but are instead [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adducted adducted] sufficiently to create audible [[turbulence]] (a 'hissing' quality) as the speaker exhales (or occasionally inhales) during [[speech]]. This is a somewhat greater adduction than that found in breathy voice. Articulation remains the same as in [[normal]] [[speech]].

In [[normal]] [[speech]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_cords vocal cords] alternate between states of [[voice]] and [[Silence|voicelessness]]. In whispering, only the voicing changes, so that the vocal cords alternate between whisper and voicelessness (though the [[acoustic]] [[difference]] between the two states is minimal).

In [[normal]] [[speech]], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_cords vocal cords] alternate between states of [[voice]] and [[Silence|voicelessness]]. In whispering, only the voicing changes, so that the vocal cords alternate between whisper and voicelessness (though the [[acoustic]] [[difference]] between the two states is minimal).

There is no [[symbol]] in the IPA for whispered phonation, since it is not used phonemically in any [[language]]. However, a sub-dot under phonemically voiced segments is sometimes seen in the [[literature]], as [ʃʊ̣ḍ] for whispered should.

There is no [[symbol]] in the IPA for whispered phonation, since it is not used phonemically in any [[language]]. However, a sub-dot under phonemically voiced segments is sometimes seen in the [[literature]], as [ʃʊ̣ḍ] for whispered should.

==Social role of whispering==

==Social role of whispering==

Whispering is generally used [[quietly]], to [[limit]] the hearing of [[speech]] to listeners who are nearby; for example, to convey [[secret]] [[information]] without being overheard or to avoid disturbing others in a quiet place such as a [[library]] or place of [[worship]]. Loud whispering, known as a stage whisper, is generally used only for dramatic or emphatic purposes. Whispering also takes less [[effort]] to vocalize than a [[normal]] [[speech]] [[pattern]]. This is because less air needs to be used to vocalize the [[sound]]. However, while it takes less [[effort]] to produce a whisper, it tires out the vocal cords more quickly. For this reason the whispering [[voice]] should not be used during vocal [[rest]] prescribed when one has fully or partially lost one's [[voice]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whispering]

Whispering is generally used [[quietly]], to [[limit]] the hearing of [[speech]] to listeners who are nearby; for example, to convey [[secret]] [[information]] without being overheard or to avoid disturbing others in a quiet place such as a [[library]] or place of [[worship]]. Loud whispering, known as a stage whisper, is generally used only for dramatic or emphatic purposes. Whispering also takes less [[effort]] to vocalize than a [[normal]] [[speech]] [[pattern]]. This is because less air needs to be used to vocalize the [[sound]]. However, while it takes less [[effort]] to produce a whisper, it tires out the vocal cords more quickly. For this reason the whispering [[voice]] should not be used during vocal [[rest]] prescribed when one has fully or partially lost one's [[voice]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whispering]

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