Jul 8, 2018
There are many non linguistic elements in any vocal form of human communication, and these blur the neat distinction between form (voice) and content (speech). “Tone”, for instance, is crucial when it comes to interpreting a spoken missive. ...The medium is the message. And yet the voice is often considered one of the prime instances of unmediated communication (not yet tainted by technologies such as the telephone).
– Dominic Pettman, Sonic Intimacies