Acoustic Phonetics
Acoustic Phonetics (Current Studies in Linguistics) Kenneth N. Stevens,
Publisher: The MIT Press
ISBN: 0262692503
Edition: Paperback; 2000-07-31
Summary:
This book presents a theory of speech-sound generation in the human
vocal system. The comprehensive acoustic theory serves as one basis
for defining categories of speech sounds used to form distinctions
between words in languages. The author begins with a review of the
anatomy and physiology of speech production, then covers source
mechanisms, the vocal tract as an acoustic filter, relevant aspects
of auditory psychophysics and physiology, and phonological
representations. In the remaining chapters he presents a detailed
examination of vowels, consonants, and the influence of context on
speech-sound production. Although he focuses mainly on the sounds of
English, he touches briefly on sounds in other languages. The book
will serve as a reference for speech scientists, speech pathologists,
linguists interested in phonetics and phonology, psychologists
interested in speech perception and production, and engineers
concerned with speech processing applications.
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