The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences

Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences provides an authoritative account of the key topics in both theoretical and applied areas of speech communication, written by an international team of leading scholars and practitioners.

• Combines new and influential research, along with articulate overviews of the key topics in theoretical and applied areas of speech communication
• Accessibly structured into five major sections covering: experimental phonetics; biological perspectives; modelling speech production and perception; linguistic phonetics; and speech technology
• Includes nine entirely new chapters on topics such as phonetic notation and sociophonetics, speech technology, biological perspectives, and prosody
• A streamlined and re-oriented structure brings all contributions up-to-date with the latest research, whilst maintaining the features that made the first edition so useful

List of contributors ix

Preface to the Second Edition xii

Introduction 1

Part I Experimental Phonetics 7

1 Laboratory Techniques for Investigating Speech Articulation 9
Maureen Stone

2 The Aerodynamics of Speech 39
Christine H. Shadle

3 Acoustic Phonetics 81
Jonathan Harrington

4 Investigating the Physiology of Laryngeal Structures 130
Hajime Hirose

Part II Biological Perspectives 153

5 Organic Variation of the Vocal Apparatus 155
Janet Mackenzie Beck

6 Brain Mechanisms Underlying Speech Motor Control 202
Hermann Ackermann and Wolfram Ziegler

7 Development of Neural Control of Orofacial Movements for Speech 251
Anne Smith

Part III Modeling Speech Production and Perception 297

8 Speech Acquisition 299
Barbara L. Davis

9 Coarticulation and Connected Speech Processes 316
Edda Farnetani and Daniel Recasens

10 Theories and Models of Speech Production 353
Anders Löfqvist

11 Voice Source Variation and Its Communicative Functions 378
Christer Gobl and Ailbhe Ní Chasaide

12 Articulatory–Acoustic Relations as the Basis of Distinctive Contrasts 424
Kenneth N. Stevens and Helen M. Hanson

13 Aspects of Auditory Processing Related to Speech Perception 454
Brian C. J. Moore

14 Cognitive Processes in Speech Perception 489
James M. McQueen and Anne Cutler

Part IV Linguistic Phonetics 521

15 The Prosody of Speech: Timing and Rhythm 523
Janet Fletcher

16 Tone and Intonation 603
Mary E. Beckman and Jennifer J. Venditti

17 The Relation between Phonetics and Phonology 653
John J. Ohala

18 Phonetic Notation 678
John H. Esling

19 Sociophonetics 703
Paul Foulkes, James M. Scobbie, and Dominic Watt

Part V Speech Technology 755

20 An Introduction to Signal Processing for Speech 757
Daniel P. W. Ellis

21 Speech Synthesis 781
Rolf Carlson and Björn Granström

22 Automatic Speech Recognition 804
Steve Renals and Simon King

Index 839

“In conclusion, the second edition of ‘The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences’ is an invaluable reference. The clarity of its explanations, its accurate and updated review of theories and methods, and its analysis of both the strengths and weaknesses of each tool at the disposal of researchers will all be of great help to scholars involved in various degrees of speech analysis." (Linguist List, 4 June 2013)

William J. Hardcastle is Emeritus Professor of Speech Sciences at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. He has published numerous books and articles in different areas of speech science, including the mechanism of speech production and sensory-motor control in normal and pathological speech, and is the author of Physiology of Speech Production (1976) and Disorders of Fluency and their Effects on Communication (with P. Dalton, 1989).

John Laver is Emeritus Professor of Speech Sciences at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, where he was Deputy Principal. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He was appointed CBE in 1999 for contributions to phonetics, and has been President of the International Phonetic Association (1991-95). His publications include The Phonetic Description of Voice Quality (1980), Principles of Phonetics (1994), and The Gift of Speech (1996). He is currently co-authoring The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Speech and Language (forthcoming, Wiley-Blackwell).

Fiona E. Gibbon is Head of the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at University College Cork in Ireland. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, and her research was awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for excellence in 2002. She has published over seventy book chapters and papers in professional and scientific journals, and is co-editor of Vowel Disorders (2002).

Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences provides an authoritative account of the key topics in both theoretical and applied areas of speech communication, written by an international team of scholars and practitioners.

The Handbook is accessibly structured into five major sections covering: experimental phonetics; biological perspectives; modelling speech production and perception; linguistic phonetics; and speech technology. These sections have been reconceived and re-oriented to create a more streamlined and user-friendly reference tool, whilst keeping the essential features that made the first edition so comprehensive. All contributions have been revised in order to bring them up-to-date with the latest research, and nine entirely new chapters have been added on topics including phonetic notation and sociophonetics, speech technology, and biological perspectives, along with an expanded section on prosody.

Combining new and influential research, along with articulate overviews, this volume offers an unparalleled resource for advanced students and specialists in phonetics, linguistics, speech and language therapy, psychology, and speech technology.

"With this second edition, the Handbook of Phonetics Sciences will continue to be an outstanding resource for students, providing wide-ranging critical overviews of the development of key scientific topics and of the debates which are at the heart of contemporary phonetic research."
— Gerard Docherty, Newcastle University

"This book is an outstanding collection of state-of-the-art surveys and original contributions. Revised and refreshed, it is essential reading for anyone engaged in understanding phonetic aspects of speech. "
—John Local, University of York

“This new edition updates its coverage of a wide range of topics, reflecting the most recent trends in research. I will use it as a reference for both my teaching and my research.”
—Patricia Keating, University of California, Los Angeles