Foundations of Voice Studies

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Voice Production and Perception
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-631-22297-2
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 516 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 1062 g

Foundations of Voice Studies provides a comprehensive description and analysis of the multifaceted role that voice quality plays in human existence. - Offers a unique interdisciplinary perspective on all facets of voice perception, illustrating why listeners hear what they do and how they reach conclusions based on voice quality
- Integrates voice literature from a multitude of sources and disciplines
- Supplemented with practical and approachable examples, including a companion website with sound files at www.wiley.com/go/voicestudies

- Explores the choice of various voices in advertising and broadcasting, and voice perception in singing voices and forensic applications
- Provides a straightforward and thorough overview of vocal physiology and control

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kreiman, Jody

Sidtis, Diana

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Geisteswissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kultursoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sonderpädagogik, Heilpädagogik Logopädie, Sprachtherapie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Psycholinguistik, Neurolinguistik, Kognition
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Logopädie, Sprachtherapie
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musikpsychologie, Musiksoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction.

2 Producing a Voice and Controlling Its Sound.

3 Neurological Foundations of Voice Production and Perception.

4 Physical Characteristics and the Voice: Can We Hear What a Speaker Looks Like?

5 Recognizing Speaker Identity From Voice: Theoretical and Ethological Perspectives and a Psychological Model.

6 The Brain Behind the Voice: Cerebral Models of Voice Production and Perception.

7 Identifying Unfamiliar Voices in Forensic Contexts.

8 Linguistic Uses of Voice Quality: How Voice Signals Linguistic and Pragmatic Aspects of Communication.

9 Perception of Emotion and Personality from Voice.

10 Miscellany: Voice in Law Enforcement, Media and Singing.

References.

Author Index.

Subject Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Jody Kreiman is Professor of Head and Neck Surgery at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America and has published over 60 scholarly papers in a variety of journals.

Diana Sidtis (formerly Van Lancker) is Professor of Communicative Sciences and Disorders at New York University and performs research at the Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research. An experienced clinician, her research has yielded over 90 articles in scholarly journals and edited books.