Many animals communicate with acoustic signals. Crickets rub a hind leg along a row of protruding spikes; rattlesnakes shake a set of beads in their tail. But vocalization is by far the most common mechanism of acoustic communication. Found only among...

The indication of vowel sounds by means of marks placed above or below Hebrew consonants. Originally Hebrew script only consisted of consonants, but by the end of the *talmudic period, a distinctive system of pointing vowels was established. (See also...

n. 1. The act of producing speech sounds. 2. Any phonological process in which a consonant is converted into a vowel, or sometimes into a glide, as when field is pronounced as [fiwd]. V. vocalize. Ant....

see alarm call; animal communication; birdsong; distress call; laughter; social...

Vocalization may refer to: Speech communication Vocal music A type of animal communication involving their vocal cords L-vocalization, a process by which an /l/ sound (a lateral consonant) is replaced by a vowel or semivowel sound Tiberian...

Dick Vitale, the voice of college basketball for almost three decades, had vocal cord surgery Tuesday and is expected to be off the air until at least February.The 68-year-old Vitale said on his Web site that he'll still give his take on college basketball through...

As a journalist who covered everything from race riots to Supreme Court nominations before turning to cultural subjects, I sometimes wonder whether writing about the glories of classical music isn’t a bit off the mark when the world is marching to the different drumbeats of...

Beyonce's awards included best female R&B; vocal performance and best contemportary R&B; album for Dangerously In Love. Her duet with Jay-Z, "Crazy In Love," was named best R&B; song and best rap/sung collaboration. She also shared best vocal R&B; performance by a duo or group...

Pop music icon Gilberto Gil will resign as Brazil's culture minister next year after tests revealed a potentially career-threatening polyp on his vocal cords, local media reported Saturday.Gil, who revolutionized Brazilian music in the 1960s and founded the Tropicalism movement, plans to abandon his cabinet...