- Hardcover: 614 pages
- Publisher: MIT Press (9 Feb 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 026219404X
- ISBN-13: 978-0262194044
- Product Dimensions: 26.1 x 18.7 x 4.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,315,165 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Whenever anybody--linguist, speech pathologist, or communicationengineer--wants to know why the acoustic structure of a particularsound is as it is, this is the book to which they will turn. There isabsolutely no other book with anything like this depth of coverage." Peter Ladefoged , Professor of Phonetics Emeritus, University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles
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This long-awaited work 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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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
The standard treatise on the acoustics of speech production
29 April 2004
Format:Paperback
The author, Ken Stevens, together with Gunnar Fant, is largely responsible for the development of our understanding of the acoustics of speech production, that is, of how the changing configuration of the articulators is related to the acoustic properties of speech. This book is the culmination of that work.
It is in theory self-contained, with a lengthy introductory chapter
on the anatomy and physiology of speech production and chapters on sound sources, resonances of the vocal tract, and auditory processing of speechlike sounds that provide the background for chapters devoted to the various major types of speech sounds. However, a full understanding requires a fair background in mathematics, physics, and electrical engineering. The book is nonetheless lucidly written.
The closest that I can come to criticism is that the title is slightly misleading. "The Acoustics of Speech Production" might have been a better title. The emphasis is on elucidating the basic principles of the acoustics of speech production rather than on describing the details of the production of particular speech sounds; it is not a compendium of the acoustic properties of all known speech sounds. Similarly, unlike some books with titles like "Acoustic Phonetics", it does not attempt to teach the reader how to conduct acoustic phonetic research.
This book has no competitor. No other work provides such a comprehensive view of the acoustics of speech production with such a depth of analysis. It will be the standard reference in the field for many years to come.
3 of 6 people found the following review helpful
magnificent, tour de force, masterly technical analysis
11 Feb 1999
Format:Hardcover
Stevens' treatise carries Fant's classic of 1960 up to date, and to a more linguistic level in describing the essential, basic acoustic features of speech. The mathematics are beyond me but I expect to find answers to any question I have about the acoustics of speech communication for explanations in my own book. J.M. Pickett
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