Foundations of Voice Studies
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Voice Production and Perception
1. Edition April 2011
516 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
Exploring questions of how and why the quality of a person's voice influences our perceptions, Foundations of Voice Studies provides a comprehensive introduction to, and analysis of, the role that voice quality plays in our social lives. The book examines both the neurological and sociological contexts for producing and listening to voices. With fascinating discussions of how voices are used in media, the authors have written an essential work. This unique volume on all facets of voice production and its perception is supported by sound files and additional material, available at www.wiley.com/go/voicestudies.
Foundations of Voice Studies provides a comprehensive description and analysis of the multifaceted role that voice quality plays in human existence.
* Offers a unique interdisciplinary perspective on all facets of voice perception, illustrating why listeners hear what they do and how they reach conclusions based on voice quality
* Integrates voice literature from a multitude of sources and disciplines
* Supplemented with practical and approachable examples, including a companion website with sound files, available on publication at www.wiley.com/go/voicestudies
* Explores the choice of various voices in advertising and broadcasting, and voice perception in singing voices and forensic applications
* Provides a straightforward and thorough overview of vocal physiology and control
2 Producing a voice and controlling its sound.
3 Neurological foundations of production and perception of voice.
4 Physical characteristics and the voice.
Can we hear what a speaker looks like?
5 Recognizing speaker identity from voice.
Theoretical and ethological perspectives and a psychological model.
6 The brain behind the voice.
Cerebral models of voice production and perception.
7 Identifying unfamiliar voices in forensic contexts.
8 Linguistic uses of voice quality.
How voice signals linguistic and pragmatic aspects of communication
9 Perception of emotion and personality from voice.
10 Miscellany.
Voice in singing, media, and the law.
Diana Sidtis (formerly Van Lancker) is Professor of Communicative Sciences and Disorders at New York University and performs research at the Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research. An experienced clinician, her research has yielded over 90 articles in scholarly journals and edited books.