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Lautkörper

English translation: body of sound :: aural quality/identifier/signifier

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German term or phrase:Lautkörper
English translation:body of sound :: aural quality/identifier/signifier
Entered by: Craig Meulen

15:53 Oct 5, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Linguistics
German term or phrase: Lautkörper
From a book on 20th-century theories of language.

"Im buchstäblichen Sinne ist die Stimme das Medium des Sprechens und an die Präsenz der Sprechenden gebunden. Das steht - auch für Derrida - außer Frage. Im übertragenen Sinne jedoch wird ‚Stimme’ zu einer Modalität von Selbsterfahrung: Als ‚immaterieller’ und ‚verschwindender’ *Lautkörper* fallen in ihr - und nur in ihr - Subjektintention und die Wortbedeutung so zusammen, daß Worte angesichts ihrer flüchtigen Lautmaterie tatsächlich als ‚reine Bedeutung‘ und – für die Sprecher selbst – als ‚reiner Selbstausdruck‘ gedeutet werden können."

Lautkörper is usually the German equivalent of symbol or signifier, but here the emphasis is evidently on the sound of the spoken word. Sound image is a possibility, but I am unsure. Grateful for your learned suggestions!
mill2
Local time: 05:43
body of sound
Explanation:
I'd just go for the direct translation here.

Only in this body of sound (the voice) can words, with their fleeting samples of 'sound material', actually be interpreted as 'pure meaning' and self-expression.
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Craig Meulen
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:43
Grading comment
I think this works here. Thanks.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +1body of sound
Craig Meulen
2 +1aural signifier (identifier)
Bernhard Sulzer


  

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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
body of sound


Explanation:
I'd just go for the direct translation here.

Only in this body of sound (the voice) can words, with their fleeting samples of 'sound material', actually be interpreted as 'pure meaning' and self-expression.

Craig Meulen
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
I think this works here. Thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bernhard Sulzer: I was thinking along the same lines, see my entry
3 mins
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
aural signifier (identifier)


Explanation:
maybe:

aural body (more literal)
aural entity
aural quality



Lautkörper - the aural quality/identifier/signifier, the way a word is sounded out/voiced/does not (necessarily) have to depend on its meaning.


http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/idsl/dozenten/wegmann/texte...

Seine (Saussures) Sprachlehre hat die prinzipielle NichtIdentität zwischen der Sprache und einer ihr vorausliegenden Realität in eine solche Form gebracht Stichwort: Arbiträrität des Zeichens (Ref.8)

(Ref. 8):
Also jenes Axiom, wonach es zwischen Lautkörper u Bedeutung nur eine willkürliche (oder konventionelle) Verbindung besteht.









Bernhard Sulzer
United States
Local time: 23:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Craig Meulen: Yes, we were typing at the same time! "aural body" would be the same as my suggestion
3 mins
  -> thanks, Craig!
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