Speech Production And Perception

by Tatham, Mark; Morton, Katherine

• ISBN13: 9781403917331
• ISBN10: 1403917337
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-07-11
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book develops a framework for a fully explanatory theory of speech production integrating with speech perception. Emphasis is placed on the difference between static models (primarily descriptive) and dynamic models that attempt to show how the basic linguistics and phonetics are related in an actual human speaker/listener.

Author Biography

Mark Tatham is Professor of Linguistics at Essex University. Katherine Morton is at the Department of Linguistics, University of Essex.

Table of Contents

Introduction * PART 1: SPEECH PRODUCTION THEORY * Classical Phonetics * Coarticulation: The Phenomenon * Coarticulation: The Theory * Speech Motor Control * Speech Production: Prosody * PART 2: SPEECH PERCEPTION THEORY * Dynamic Model Building and Expressive Content * Speech Perception and Prosody * Speech Perception: Production for Perception * PART 3: AREAS OF FOCUS, MODELLING AND APPLICATION * Applications: Cognitive and Physical Modelling * Speech Technology * Second Language Acquisition * Speech Disorders * References * Index