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This is not really an answer to the query, and maybe it's trivial
because everybody knows, but I would like to point out this book:<br>
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</script>Ivan Fónagy: Die Metaphern in der Phonetik. Ein Beitrag zur
Entwicklungsgeschichte des wissenschaftlichen Denkens. The Hague:
Mouton, 1963. (Janua linguarum, series minor 25)<br>
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Hartmut Haberland<br>
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David Gil wrote:<br>
<blockquote cite="mid459BB92D.4050700@eva.mpg.de" type="cite">Dear all,
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I am posting the following query on behalf of a musicologist colleague,
Zohar Eitan (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:zeitan@post.tau.ac.il">zeitan@post.tau.ac.il</a>). Please respond to *me* with
specific data (which I will compile and then pass on to the author of
the query), to the *lingtyp list* if you think your response is of
general interest, or to *Zohar Eitan* if you wish to discuss these
issues further with him.
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The query:
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In English (and other languages) auditory pitch is metaphorically
mapped onto spatial verticality ("high" vs. "low" notes, ascending vs.
descending melody). I am interested in information on the ways diverse
languages designate the polarities of auditory pitch. In particular:
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1. Is the verticality metaphor used to designate auditory pitch poles
(i.e., equivalents of the English "high-low") and the corresponding
pitch changes and ("ascend-descend") ?
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2. If so, is the verticality-auditory mapping applied as in English
(e.g., female voices and flute sound are "high", male voices and
double-bass sounds are "low") or in the _opposite_ way?
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3. Are other antonyms (e.g., small-large, young-old) used as _general_
terms for the polarities of auditory pitch and for corresponding pitch
changes?
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4. Are any _specific_ terms used to designate "high" and "low" ranges
of auditory pitch within certain contexts (e.g., the human voices, a
specific musical instrument)? What, if any, are the metaphorical
mapping applied in using these terms?
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Thanks,
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Zohar
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