Your Voice Speaks Volumes: It's Not What You Say, But How You Say It

by Jane Setter

Book Overview

Why do we speak the way we do, and what do our voices tell others about us? What is the truth behind the myths that surround how we speak? Jane Setter explores these and other fascinating questions in this engaging introduction to the power and the science of the voice.

The book first takes us on a tour of the sounds in our language and how we produce them, as well as how and why those sounds vary in different varieties of English. The origins...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198813848
• ISBN13: 9780198813842
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.6"