Physics of Speech

Name: Physics of Speech
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ISBN: 9780521293792

ISBN-10: 0521293790

ISBN-13: 9780521293792

Edition: 1979

Authors: D. B. Fry, S. R. Anderson, J. Bresnan, B. Comrie, W. Dressler

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The mechanism of speech is a very complex one and in order to undertake any analysis of language it is important to understand the processes that go to make up the message that a speaker transmits and a listener receives. Professor Fry therefore first takes the reader through the various stages of the speech chain: from language units to nerve impulses to muscle movements to sound waves, and vice versa as the message is received and decoded. He then explains the basic physical principles involved in the generation and propagation of sound energy and in the phenomenon of resonance. These principles are then applied to the speech mechanism itself and to the particular kinds of sound which…

Book details

List price: $49.99
Copyright year: 1979
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/8/1979
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 156
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



List of phonetic symbols



The speech chain



The generation of sound



The propagation of sound waves



Absorption and reflection of sound energy



Free and forced vibrations: resonance



The speech mechanism as sound generator



The vocal tract



Periodic and aperiodic sounds



Acoustic analysis: the sound spectrograph



Acoustic features of English sounds



Acoustic cues for the recognition of speech sounds


Index