Difference between 呼ぶ声がします and 呼びます


The full context of the first original phrase is:

> 「・・・浦島{うらしま}さん、・・・浦島さん」と、誰かが呼{よ}ぶ声｛こえ｝がします。

I was just wondering, why is 声がする in the sentence when there is already 呼ぶ? Or
rather, what would be wrong with replacing 呼ぶ声がします with 呼びます?




> 「・・・浦島さん、・・・浦島さん」と、誰かが **呼ぶ声がします** 。

> 「・・・浦島さん、・・・浦島さん」と、誰かが **呼びます** 。

Both are _grammatically_ correct.

In the former, 声がします expresses/implies that someone's voice came toward the
main character (浦島太郎 here) and he hears it.

So the latter is just:

> Someone called, "Urashima-san, Urashima-san..."

while the original sounds more like:

> Taro heard someone's voice calling him, "Urashima-san, Urashima-san..."

* * *

The する here means "to sense/perceive".

> ［声・音・におい・香り・味・感じ・[気]{き} etc.］ + がする

is used to mean "to sense/perceive [voice, sound, smell, taste, feeling,
etc.]"

eg

> 「声がする」 _hear a voice_  
>  「～の音がする」 _hear the sound of ~_  
>  「～のにおいがする」 _smell ~_

For more on this usage of する, you can refer to these threads:

  * [「〜がする」 the extended use of する (to do)](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/17850/9831)
  * [How do I use がする? (ex: いい香りがする)](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/11186/9831)
  * [What does する mean when it does not mean "do"? （血のにおいがする）](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/2289/9831)




> 「・・・浦島さん、・・・浦島さん」と、誰かが **呼ぶ声がします** 。

> 「・・・浦島さん、・・・浦島さん」と、誰かが **呼びます** 。

Both are _grammatically_ correct.

In the former, 声がします expresses/implies that someone's voice came toward the
main character (浦島太郎 here) and he hears it.

So the latter is just:

> Someone called, "Urashima-san, Urashima-san..."

while the original sounds more like:

> Taro heard someone's voice calling him, "Urashima-san, Urashima-san..."

* * *

The する here means "to sense/perceive".

> ［声・音・におい・香り・味・感じ・[気]{き} etc.］ + がする

is used to mean "to sense/perceive [voice, sound, smell, taste, feeling,
etc.]"

eg

> 「声がする」 _hear a voice_  
>  「～の音がする」 _hear the sound of ~_  
>  「～のにおいがする」 _smell ~_

For more on this usage of する, you can refer to these threads:

  * [「〜がする」 the extended use of する (to do)](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/17850/9831)
  * [How do I use がする? (ex: いい香りがする)](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/11186/9831)
  * [What does する mean when it does not mean "do"? （血のにおいがする）](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/2289/9831)

