Soundscape meaning operates at three semantic levels from sources to emergent descriptors
Evidence
A complex multidisciplinary approach to a semantic of soundscape, recently proposed by Davies et al. (2013), recognized at least three semantic levels: sound sources, sound descriptors, and soundscape descriptors. ā¦ Source sources refer to physical entities that can be originated by multiple agents (e.g., trafļ¬c) or components (e.g., brakes). The sound descriptors refer to the description of sounds either as nouns (roar, crash) or as adjectives (bipping, ļ¬apping) and phrases (different language). ā¦ Finally, soundscape descriptors refer to the emergent sound from indistinct agents (cacophony, hubbub, constant, temporal) (Fig. 5.3). ā Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 960
Categorization
- DEFINE: A workable three-tier vocabulary (sound sources / sound descriptors / soundscape descriptors) ideal as an analysis framework in the readerās methods reference.
- SEED: Could anchor an essay on how we describe environmental sound ā noun/adjective grammar as a window into perceptual categories.
- XREF: connects to: The soundscape is a cognitive construct, not an objective physical reality ā Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,ā¦, 1451; Auditory models link acoustic stimulus features to perceived attributes computationally. ā Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- Anā¦, 820; Isobel and events maps offer concrete soundscape notation methods ā Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environmentā¦, 452
Broader Connections
- Auditory models link acoustic stimulus features to perceived attributes computationally.
#expands(0.75) ā Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- Anā¦, 820 - Isobel and events maps offer concrete soundscape notation methods
#exemplifies(0.70) ā Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environmentā¦, 452