Question

There is a correlation between sonorance and amplitude. The more sonorant a segment is, the higher it's amplitude and the louder it is percieved to be.

True

False

Answer 1

True. In general, more sonorant sounds (such as vowels and certain consonants like /m/, /n/, /l/) tend to be produced with higher amplitude, making them perceived as louder than less sonorant sounds (such as voiceless stops like /p/, /t/, /k/). This correlation between sonorance and amplitude is often observed in speech and phonetics.