Acoustic phonetics

Author(s)

• Stevens, Kenneth N.

Bibliographic Information

Acoustic phonetics

Kenneth N. Stevens

（Current studies in linguistics series, 30）

MIT Press, 2000, c1998

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [587]-602) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book presents a theory of speech-sound generation in the human vocal system. 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.

Table of Contents

• Anatomy and physiology of speech production
• source mechanisms
• basic acoustics of vocal tract resonators
• auditory processing of speechlike sounds
• phonological representation of utterances
• vowels - acoustic events with a relatively open vocal tract
• the basic stop consonants - bursts and formant transitions
• obstruent consonants
• sonorant consonants
• some influences of context on speech sound production.

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Details

• NCID: BA49344584
• ISBN:
  • 0262692503
• LCCN: 97046999
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 607 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P221.5
  • DC21 : 414/.8
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Phonetics, Acoustic
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00225015