Main description:

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 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

Contents:

1 Introduction. 2 Producing a Voice and Controlling Its Sound. 3 Neurological Foundations of Voice Production and Perception. 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 Law Enforcement, Media and Singing. References. Author Index. Subject Index.