Discuss the differences between motivated sounds and environmental sounds. Could the same sound effect be a motivated sound in one context, and an environmental sound in another context? For instance, consider contexts that might make a gunshot, a door slamming, or a car crunching on gravel a motivated sound. Then discuss a context in which they might be environmental sounds.

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