"It has been traditional in phonetic research to characterize monophthongs using a set of static formant frequencies, i.e., formant frequencies taken from a single time-point in the vowel or averaged over the time-course of the vowel. However, over the last twenty years a growin…
"Culture and Gender of Voice Pitch provides a sociophonetic exploration of the voice pitch characteristics of speakers across the cultures of Japan and America. It makes a cogent argument for the socio-cultural role of voice pitch in the expression of emotion and politeness and …
"Assuming little or no background knowledge and using original examples and exercises (with answers supplied), Understanding Phonetics provides you with an accessible introduction to the basics of phonetics and a comprehensive analysis of traditional phonetic theory - the articu…
Assuming no background knowledge, this introduction to fundamental concepts in phonetics and phonology discusses articulatory and acoustic phonetics, progressing to phonology.
