The gift of speech
papers in the analysis of speech and voice
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Author
Publication
1991 - Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, Scotland
Language
English
Word Count
100,000 words, Guess
Page Count
400 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1307879M
- ISBN-100748603131
- OCLC Control Number28008796
- OCLC Control Numbergiftofspeechpape0000lave
- Library of Congress Control Number92176507
and 2 more
- Goodreads847459
- LibraryThing4063064
Classifications
- DDC612.7/8
- LCCP95 .L38 1991
Description
This multidisciplinary text on the domain and nature of phonetics explores the production of speech and its control by the brain, and the description and analysis of voice quality. Twenty articles discuss topics such as slips of the tongue, neurolinguistic aspects of speech production, cognitive science and speech, language and non-verbal communication, the semiotic nature of phonetic data, structural pathologies of the vocal folds and pathology, acoustic waveform perturbations and voice disorders, and an analysis of vocal quality from the classical period to the 20th century. Of interest to theoretical linguists, as well as speech pathologists and therapists -- Provided by the publisher.
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- The gift of speech
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