Acoustic Phonetics

by Kenneth N. Stevens

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262692503
• ISBN13: 9780262692502
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 618 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher