Description
Book SynopsisExploring questions of how and why the quality of a person s voice influences our perceptions, Foundations of Voice Studies provides a comprehensive introduction to, and analysis of, the role that voice quality plays in our social lives.
Trade Review“Foundations of Voice Studies has won the American Publishers Award for professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE Award) for best book of 2011 in the areas of Language and Linguistics. It has been praised as “a gem”
by David Pisoni of Indiana University and “a remarkable book” by Stefanie Shattuck-Hufnagel of MIT. Even just its tables make this an invaluable book, worthy of a spot in every phonetician’s library.” (The Phonetician, 1 January 2011)
Table of Contents1 Introduction.
2 Producing a Voice and Controlling Its Sound.
3 Neurological Foundations of Voice Production and Perception.
4 Physical Characteristics and the Voice: Can We Hear What a Speaker Looks Like?
5 Recognizing Speaker Identity From Voice: Theoretical and Ethological Perspectives and a Psychological Model.
6 The Brain Behind the Voice: Cerebral Models of Voice Production and Perception.
7 Identifying Unfamiliar Voices in Forensic Contexts.
8 Linguistic Uses of Voice Quality: How Voice Signals Linguistic and Pragmatic Aspects of Communication.
9 Perception of Emotion and Personality from Voice.
10 Miscellany: Voice in Law Enforcement, Media and Singing.
References.
Author Index.
Subject Index.
