Essays in speech processes : language production and perception / edited by Augustine Agwuele and Andrew Lotto.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Agwuele, Augustine, editor.

Lotto, Andrew, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Speech acts (Linguistics).

Oral communication.

Language awareness.

Biolinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (390 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Equinox, [2016]

Summary:

The brain is a complicated and intricately woven structure relative to other body tissues. It is the ultimate parallel processing system, but nevertheless an alien structure whose way and manner of workings remain largely unknown despite an amazing amount of information amassed over the years from concerted research efforts. One area of interest to diverse scholars in the humanities and biological sciences is how the brain deals with speech, especially the coordination of incoming and outgoing signals. Essays in Speech Processes presents reports of theoretical and experimental studies from extant researches specifically dwelling the areas of: phonetics, neurolinguistics, neuroethology, and stuttering.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Harvey M. Sussman: Curriculum Vitae

1 Introduction: The Animal-to- Human Speech Connection – Harvey Sussman’s Conjectures

2 Relativity in Speech Perception: From Locus Equations to Predictive Coding

3 The Frame Problem in Speech Communication: Defining the Dimensional Space for Phonetic Categorization

4 Perceptual Cues in Korean Fricatives

5 Context Effects in Speech: Talker Normalization or Relative Auditory Perception

6 Music Training and the Neural Processing of Speech: A Critical Review of the Literature

7 Effects of Syllable Complexity on Vowel Formant Variability in Acquired Apraxia of Speech

8 Speed and Accuracy of Picture Naming in Adults Who Stutter: The Influence of Phonetic Complexity

9 Linguistic Considerations for Rehabilitation of Persons with Hearing Loss

10 The Locus Equation as an Index of Auditory Access for Children with Hearing Loss

11 Person-Centeredness, Culture and Communication in Dementia Care: Attitudes among Medical Students

12 Profiling Individual Differences in Speech Production

13 An Investigation of Locus Equations in Cited versus Spontaneous Speech in Persian

14 A Functional Role for Coarticulation: A Locus Equation Perspective

15 Interaction of Yoruba Tones with VCV Segments: A Research Note

16 Harvey Sussman’s Scientific Contributions: A Brief Summary and Assessment

To My Friend Harvey Sussman Neuro-Phonetician and Master of One-Liners

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781487568276

1487568274

9781781793121

1781793123