Speech Physiology, Speech Perception, and Acoustic Phonetics

Synopsis of Speech Physiology, Speech Perception, and Acoustic Phonetics

«Speech Physiology, Speech Perception, and Acoustic Phonetics» is the phonetics textbook by Philip Lieberman and Sheila E. Blumstein (paperback, 268 pages).

Introduction to the study of speech without prior technical knowledge, for students from various disciplines. Covers the physiological, biological and neurological bases of speech, the physics of sound, source-filter theory, and electrical and computer models of speech production. Each chapter progresses from simple examples to recent research and closes with exercises.

Part of the Cambridge Studies in Speech Science and Communication series. Text in English, published by Cambridge University Press in 1988.

Aimed at students of speech therapy, linguistics, psycholinguistics and anthropology who are beginning the study of speech.