The Phonetic Description of Voice Quality

by John Laver

Book Overview

The importance of an individual's voice in everyday social interaction can scarcely be overestimated. It is an essential element in the listener's analysis of the speaker's physical, psychological and social characteristics. Differences in voice quality reflect different habitual adjustments, or settings, of the vocal apparatus. Individual consonant and vowel segments can be thought of as momentary actions superimposed on these settings and voice...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521108896
• ISBN13: 9780521108898
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"