An Experimental Phonetic Study of the Timing of Voicing in British English Obstruents (Netherlands Phonetic Archives)

This new edition of Impact of Information on Society takes account of a number of new developments affecting information's impact on our lives. It also incorporates lessons to be learnt from prominent events. For example, a 'UK Freedom of Information Act', forecast in the 1st edition, is now law and so updating is necessary. The growing significance of knowledge management today requires a closer look at this field and clarification of its relation to information management. The first edition has been reviewed critically and sections have been amplified and rearranged, with new material being added where necessary. To mention just a few points: since the 1st edition, there have been amendments to copyright, data protection legislation and human rights legislation. The consequences of the enormous and growing level of use of the Internet, eMail and mobile phones (including text messaging) also requires reassessment. INTRODUCTION 1. ARTICULATORY AND ACOUSTIC STUDIES OF THE TIMING OF VOICING IN OBSTRUENTS 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Laryngeal and supralaryngeal characteristics of obstruent production 1.3 The descriptive apparatus of the timing of voicing 1.4 Limitations of past studies of the timing of voicing 1.5 ‘Physiological’ investigations 1.6 Acoustic investigations 1.7 Single stops 1.8 Fricatives 1.9 Consonant sequences 1.10 Concluding discussion Notes 2. MODELLING PHONETIC VARIABILITY IN SPEECH PRODUCTION 2.1 Speech production modelling: some general comments 2.2 Micro-variability in a speech production model 2.3 The status of micro-variability in speech production: summary 2.4 Modelling the timing of voicing 2.5 Summary Notes 3. EXPERIMENT 1 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Experimental method 3.3 Results 3.4 Summary of findings Notes 4. EXPERIMENT 2 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Experimental method 4.3 Results 4.4 Discussion Notes 5. DISCUSSION 5.1 A descriptive tool for the timing of voicing 5.2 The timing of voicing in a model of speech production Notes CONCLUSION APPENDIX A APPENDIX B APPENDIX C APPENDIX D REFERENCES INDEX