Звуковая картина языка как совокупность цепочек звуков речи. Часть 2: Гласные и сонорные согласные как составляющие мелодичности звуковой картины языка

Abstract

Vowels and sonorant consonants constitute the vocal-sonorant structure of the sound picture of any language. We take into consideration the basic features of sound classes and groups. The basic one is the frequency of occurrence of vowels and sonorant consonants in the speech chain. The sum-total of the vowels and sonorant consonants make up the melodicity of a language. It is also possible to call this vocal-sonorant quotient. Melodicity, i.e., the sum-total of vowels and sonorant consonants, should be considered a language universal.