The human voice
how this extraordinary instrument reveals essential clues about who we are
Karpf, Anne.
creator
text
tu
New York
Bloomsbury Pub.
Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck
2006
1st U.S. ed.
xi, 399 p. ; 25 cm.
What the voice can tell us -- How the voice achieves its range and power -- How we colour our voices with pitch, volume, and tempo -- What makes the voice distinctly human -- The impact of the mother's voice (even in the womb) -- Mothertalk: the melody of intimacy -- The emergence of the baby's voice -- Do I really sound like that? -- How our emotions shape the sounds we make (and other people hear them) -- Male and female voices: stereotyped or different? -- How men and women's voices are changing (and why) -- Cultural differences in the voice -- From oral to literate society -- The public voice -- How technology has transformed the voice -- Voiceprints and voice theft -- How people and corporations are trying to change the voice.
Anne Karpf.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-388) and index.
Voice Quality
Voice
Voice
Voice
Social aspects
Elocution
PN4162 .K285 2006
1582342997 (alk. paper)
9781582342993 (alk. paper)
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0611/2006009698.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0611/2006009698.html
DLC
101015
20140528153859.0
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