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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear LinguistList members, in
the language sound chain there are vowels and sonorant
consonants.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The total of the frequency of occurrence of vowels
and sonorant consonants in the sound speech chain allows us to judge if this or
that language sounds melodically (musically). Do you know any correct English
term for this total? Can one call this total - "the vocalo-sonorant
quotient" of the text? Looking forward to hearing your variants to <A
href="mailto:yutamb@mail.ru">yutamb@mail.ru</A> Remain yours sincerely
Yuri Tambovtsev</FONT></DIV></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>