Contemporary Issues in Experimental Phonetics

1st Edition - January 1, 1976
Editor: Norman Lass
Language: English
eBook ISBN:
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Contemporary Issues in Experimental Phonetics provides comprehensive coverage of a number of research topics on experimental phonetics. This book is divided into four parts. Part… Read more

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Contemporary Issues in Experimental Phonetics provides comprehensive coverage of a number of research topics on experimental phonetics. This book is divided into four parts. Part I describes the instrumentation systems employed in the study of speech acoustics and speech physiology. The models, aerodynamic principles, and peripheral physiological mechanisms of speech production are discussed in Part II. Part III explains the problems in the specifications of the acoustic characteristics of speech sounds and suprasegmental features of speech. The speech perception process, speaker recognition, theories on the nature of the dichotic right ear advantage, and errors in auditory perception are elaborated in the last chapter. This text likewise covers the measurement of temporal processing in speech perception and interrelationship of speech, hearing, and language in an understanding of the total human communication process. This publication is valuable to speech and hearing scientists, speech pathologists, audiologists, psychologists, linguists, and graduate students researching on experimental phonetics.

List of Contributors

Preface

Part I Research Techniques

Chapter 1 Instrumentation for the Study of Speech Acoustics

Introduction

Speech Model and Parameters

Speech Analysis

Speech Synthesis

References

Chapter 2 Instrumentation for the Study of Speech Physiology

The Physiological Events of Speech Production

Electrical Activity of the Speech Muscles

Structural Movement during Speech Production

Fundamental Instrumentation Requirements for Speech Physiology

References

Ppart II Speech Production

Chapter 3 Models of Speech Production

Introduction

Basic Control Strategies in Skilled Motor Behavior

The Problem of Seriation

The Problem of Articulatory Representation

Conclusions and Suggestions

References

Chapter 4 Aerodynamics of Speech Production

Generation of Driving Pressures

Methodological Aspects

Lower Airway Dynamics

Upper Airway Dynamics

Research Implications

References

Chapter 5 Peripheral Mechanisms of Speech Motor Control

Peripheral Mechanical Properties

Afferent Feedback Mechanisms

Implications of Peripheral Properties for an Understanding of Speech Production

References

Part III The Speech Signal

Chapter 6 Acoustic Characteristics of Speech Sounds

Relating Speech Physiology and Speech Acoustics

Sound Units and Their Properties

Practical Aspects in the Acoustical Study of Speech Sounds

Summary

References

Chapter 7 Suprasegmental Features of Speech

Introduction

Duration and Quantity

Tone and Intonation

Stress and Emphasis

Summary and Outlook

References

Part V Speech Perception

Chapter 8 Speech Perception

Introduction

Levels of Processing

The Acoustic Cues

The Phonetic Percept

Models of Phonetic Perception

The Processing of Consonants and Vowels

Specialized Neural Processes

References

Chapter 9 Speaker Recognition

Introduction

Speaker Recognition by Listening: Procedural Effects

Speaker Recognition by Listening: Experimental Findings

Other Speaker Recognition Methods

Outlook

References

Chapter 10 Dichotic Listening

Introduction and Orientation

Why is There a Dichotic Right Ear Advantage?

Tabular Literature Summary

Our Basic Dichotic Paradigm

Simple Dichotic Listening to Words and Syllables with Intensity and Time of Onset Held Constant

Test-Retest Reliability of the Right Ear Advantage

Variations with Age

Effects of Varying Intensity

Effects of Varying Signal-to-Noise Ratio

The Effects of Varying Frequency Bandwidth

Effects of Varying Onset Time

Pathological Cases

Comparing Dichotic Studies

Discussion

Future Research Directions

References

Chapter 11 Auditory Illusions and Perceptual Processes

Illusory Changes in Repeated Auditory Patterns

Illusory Continuity of Interrupted Auditory Patterns: Phonemic Restorations and Auditory Induction

Perception and Confusions of Temporal Order

Summary

References

Chapter 12 Time- and Frequency-Altered Speech

Time-Altered Speech

Frequency-Altered Speech

References

Chapter 13 Perceptual Psychophysics: Speech and Hearing

Hearing Science and Pitch

Speech Science and Pitch

A Return to the Issue

References

Subject Index