The Speech Sciences

by Kent, Raymond D.

• ISBN13: 9781565936898
• ISBN10: 1565936892
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-07-01
• Publisher: Singular

Summary

Speech Sciences represents an comprehensive learning resource on that most uniquely human faculty of talking. Culminating decades of innovative research and teaching by an acknowledged master of the profession, The Speech Sciences crystallizes into a unified whole, a multidisciplinary subject of broad scope, great richness, and enormous practical importance. It provides the necessary foundations for users who want to be good clinicians and run good institutions. With text of exceptional lucidity, buttressed by a wealth of didactic illustrations and exercises, The Speech Sciences will inevitably become an essential tool not only for the communication sciences and disorders but for many other related disciplines, including linguistics, anthropology, social sciences, computer sciences, psychology, human engineering and more.

Table of Contents

Preface	v	(6)
Acknowledgments	xi
1 Speech Communication and the Speech Sciences	1	(20)
The Physics and Biology of Speech Communication	5	(2)
The Linguistic Role in Speech	7	(3)
Biological Differences Among Speakers	10	(4)
Theories of Speech Production and Speech Perception	14	(1)
The Speech Technologies	14	(1)
Applied Speech Sciences	15	(1)
On The Reference Shelf	16	(1)
Chapter References	16	(3)
Exercises	19	(2)
2 Basic Concepts from Physics and Mathematics	21	(26)
Tools for Understanding	21	(1)
The Physics of Fluids	22	(1)
Hydrodynamics	22	(4)
Sound	26	(9)
Applied Mathematics	35	(8)
On The Reference Shelf	43	(1)
Chapter References	44	(1)
Exercises	45	(2)
3 An Overview of Anatomy, the Speech System, and Speech Sounds	47	(24)
Basic Anatomic Terminology and Concepts	48	(2)
Primary Tissues of the Body	50	(3)
The Body Systems of Speech Production	53	(7)
Phonetics	60	(8)
Chapter References	68	(1)
Exercises	69	(2)
4 The Respiratory and Laryngeal Systems	71	(70)
Respiratory Anatomy and Physiology	72	(28)
Laryngeal Anatomy and Physiology	100	(34)
Chapter Summary	134	(1)
On the Reference Shelf	135	(1)
Chapter References	135	(4)
Exercises	139	(2)
5 The Upper Airway of Speech Production	141	(68)
Anatomy of the Upper Airway	142	(41)
Facial Expression: Developmental and Universalist Concepts	183	(12)
Swallowing	195	(5)
Conclusion	200	(1)
On the Reference Shelf	200	(1)
Chapter References	200	(4)
Exercises	204	(5)
6 The Auditory System	209	(24)
Gross Anatomy of the Ear	210	(13)
Electrical Events and Related Phenomena	223	(1)
Energy and Information Flow in the Auditory System	224	(1)
Summary of the Auditory System	225	(1)
Comparative Auditory Function	225	(1)
Psychoacoustics	226	(1)
Life Course Considerations	227	(2)
On The Reference Shelf	229	(1)
Chapter References	229	(2)
Exercises	231	(2)
7 The Neural Basis of Speech	233	(70)
The Cells of the Nervous System	234	(7)
Anatomy of the Nervous System	241	(27)
Neuroimaging Methods	268	(3)
Afferent and Efferent Neural Pathways	271	(14)
Centers and Circuits for the Neural Control of Speech	285	(6)
Life Course Considerations	291	(2)
Conclusion	293	(1)
On The Reference Shelf	293	(1)
Chapter References	294	(1)
Exercises	298	(3)
Appendix: Cranical Nerve Supplement	301	(2)
8 Physiological Phonetics	303	(26)
Issues in Speech Physiology	305	(1)
Methods of Speech Physiology	306	(12)
Physiological Requirements of Speech Production	318	(2)
Commonly Used Physiological Indexes of Speech	320	(1)
Multiarticulate Recordings of Speech Production	321	(1)
Multisystem Recordings	322	(2)
Conclusions and Summary	324	(1)
On The Reference Shelf	325	(1)
Chapter References	325	(2)
Exercises	327	(2)
9 Acoustic Phonetics	329	(42)
Acoustic Theory of Speech Production	330	(13)
Methods of Acoustic Analysis	343	(1)
The Acoustic Analysis of Speech	344	(4)
Acoustic Correlates of Information Sources in Speech	348	(18)
Summary	366	(1)
On The Reference Shelf	366	(1)
Chapter References	366	(2)
Exercises	368	(3)
10 Speech Perception	371	(30)
Acoustic-Perceptual Invariance in Speech	372	(3)
Experimental Phenomena in Speech Perception	375	(9)
Theories of Speech Perception	384	(6)
Some Basic Issues in Speech Perception	390	(4)
Life Course Issues	394	(2)
On The Reference Shelf	396	(1)
Chapter References	397	(3)
Exercises	400	(1)
11 Theories of Speech Perception	401	(18)
Why Theories Matter	401	(1)
The Three Major Problems to Be Accounted for by a Theory of Speech Production	402	(5)
Selected Theories of Speech Perception	407	(6)
Conclusion	413	(1)
On the Reference Shelf	414	(1)
Chapter References	414	(3)
Exercises	417	(2)
12 Applied Speech Sciences	419	(26)
Human-Machine Speech Communication	420	(1)
Digital Speech Coding	421	(5)
Forensics	426	(2)
Speech, Language, and Hearing Disorders	428	(7)
Dialect and Non-Native Languages	435	(2)
Dyslexia	437	(1)
Speech and Psychiatry	437	(1)
Speech in Art and Culture	438	(1)
Conclusion	438	(1)
On The Reference Shelf	439	(1)
Chapter References	440	(3)
Exercises	443	(2)
13 The Evolution of Speech	445	(20)
Language, Speech, and Evolution	447	(1)
Why is Speech Unique to Humans?	447	(9)
Asymmetry of Language Representation	456	(3)
Evolution: A Postscript	459	(1)
On The Reference Shelf	460	(1)
Chapter References	460	(3)
Exercises	463	(2)
14 The Embryology of the Speech Organs	465	(14)
Embryonic and Fetal Chronology	466	(9)
Conclusion	475	(1)
On The Reference Shelf	476	(1)
Exercises	477	(2)
Glossary	479	(42)
Appendix: Answers to Selected Exercises	493	(2)
Index	495	(26)
Color Plates	521