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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [http://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]
==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
==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]].
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).
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==
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]
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [http://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]
==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
==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]].
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).
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==
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]
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
