Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A method of speaking that approximates sony,—is characterized, that is, by fuller resonance, longer quantities, more continuity of tone, and more definite modulations of pitch than are usual in ordinary speech.
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Examples
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Both roles featured the swooping phrases and extreme leaps characteristic of both Chinese opera and the 20th-century song-speech technique of Sprechstimme, emphasizing the nonhuman essence of these characters without resorting to caricature.
The Sweet Smell of Success Heidi Waleson 2010
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Both roles featured the swooping phrases and extreme leaps characteristic of both Chinese opera and the 20th-century song-speech technique of Sprechstimme, emphasizing the nonhuman essence of these characters without resorting to caricature.
The Sweet Smell of Success Heidi Waleson 2010
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Both roles featured the swooping phrases and extreme leaps characteristic of both Chinese opera and the 20th-century song-speech technique of Sprechstimme, emphasizing the nonhuman essence of these characters without resorting to caricature.
The Sweet Smell of Success Heidi Waleson 2010
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Both roles featured the swooping phrases and extreme leaps characteristic of both Chinese opera and the 20th-century song-speech technique of Sprechstimme, emphasizing the nonhuman essence of these characters without resorting to caricature.
The Sweet Smell of Success Heidi Waleson 2010
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Nor knit were the brows of Gunnar, nor his song-speech overworn;
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When we read rejoicingly the true song-speech of one of our singing brethren, we hold song-worship with him and with all who have thus at any time shared in his feelings, even if he have passed centuries ago into the “high countries” of song.
England's Antiphon MacDonald, George, 1824-1905 1868
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Nor knit were the brows of Gunnar, nor his song-speech overworn;
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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The cooking-fire of Sigurd, and sent their song-speech out:
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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Then deep is that song-speech laden with the deeds that draw anigh,
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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The cooking-fire of Sigurd, and sent their song-speech out:
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung William Morris 1865
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