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Broadcast voice

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Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A poetic persona addressing a vast, anonymous, or imagined audience, often evoking public speech, prophecy, or mass communication.

Detailed Definition
Broadcast voice refers to a poetic persona that adopts the tone, diction, and rhetorical stance of mass media—radio, television, or digital platforms—characterized by direct address, simplified syntax, and performative urgency; this voice often critiques or mimics the homogenizing effects of media culture, as in the work of Amiri Baraka or contemporary poets engaging with news cycles, where the poem becomes a transmission competing for attention in a saturated information landscape.
Example
Example in poetry:
Broadcast voice: A declamatory, public-speaking tone in poetry—e.g., Walt Whitman’s “I celebrate myself, and sing myself” employs a confident, outward-projecting voice meant for communal hearing.
Additional Notes
Persona addressing mass audience, often with public/rhetorical tone. Related: oratorical verse, public poetry. Contrasts with intimate lyric voice. Consider audience awareness in voice construction.
Also Known As
Projected voice amplified speaker transmitted persona public voice
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