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This revised and expanded edition of a classic textbook provides a
concise introduction to basic concepts of acoustics and digital
speech processing that are important to linguists, phoneticians,
and speech scientists. The second edition includes four new
chapters that cover new experimental techniques in acoustic
phonetics made possible by the use of computers. Assuming no
background in physics or mathematics, Ladefoged explains concepts
that must be understood in using modern laboratory techniques for
acoustic analysis, including resonances of the vocal tract and the
relation of formants to different cavities; digital speech
processing and computer storage of sound waves; and Fourier
analysis and Linear Predictive Coding, the equations used most
frequently in the analysis of speech sounds. Incorporating recent
developments in our knowledge of the nature of speech, Ladefoged
also updates the original edition's discussion of the basic
properties of sound waves; variations in loudness, pitch, and
quality of speech sounds; wave analysis; and the hearing and
production of speech.
Like its predecessor, this edition of "Elements of Acoustic
Phonetics" will serve as an invaluable textbook and reference for
students and practitioners of linguistics and speech science, and
for anyone who wants to understand the physics of speech.
This book is about some of the phonetic events that occur in the
languages of the world. The data described consist mainly of
contrasts observable at the systematic phonetic level in a wide
variety of languages.
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