The Handbook of Speech Perception (Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics)

The Handbook of Speech Perception is a collection of forward-looking articles that offer a summary of the technical and theoretical accomplishments in this vital area of research on language. Now available in paperback, this uniquely comprehensive companion brings together in one volume the latest research conducted in speech perception Contains original contributions by leading researchers in the field Illustrates technical and theoretical accomplishments and challenges across the field of research and language Adds to a growing understanding of the far-reaching relevance of speech perception in the fields of phonetics, audiology and speech science, cognitive science, experimental psychology, behavioral neuroscience, computer science, and electrical engineering, among others. The Handbook Of Speech Perception Provides A Comprehensive Examination Of The Field And Is An Essential Addition To A Growing Understanding And Appreciation Of Its Far-reaching Theoretical And Clinical Relevance.--jacket. Part I. Sensing Speech. Ch. 1. Acoustic Analysis And Synthesis Of Speech / James R. Sawusch -- Ch. 2. Perceptual Organization Of Speech / Robert E. Remez -- Ch. 3. Primacy Of Multimodal Speech Perception / Lawrence D. Rosenblum -- Ch. 4. Phonetic Processing By The Speech Perceiving Brain / Lynne E. Bernstein -- Ch. 5. Event-related Evoked Potentials (erps) In Speech Perception / Dennis Molfese [and Others] -- Part Ii. Perception Of Linguistic Properties. Ch. 6. Features In Speech Perception And Lexical Access / Kenneth N. Stevens -- Ch. 7. Speech Perception And Phonological Contrast / Edward Flemming -- Ch. 8. Acoustic Cues To The Perception Of Segmental Phonemes / Lawrence J. Raphael -- Ch. 9. Clear Speech / Rosalie M. Uchanski -- Ch. 10. Perception Of Intonation / Jacqueline Vaissiere -- Ch. 11. Lexical Stress / Anne C. Cutler -- Ch. 12. Slips Of The Ear / Z.s. Bond --^ Part Iii. Perception Of Indexical Properties. Ch. 13. Perception Of Dialect Variation / Cynthia Clopper And David B. Pisoni -- Ch. 14. Perception Of Voice Quality / Jody Kreiman, Diana Vanlancker-sidtis And Bruce R. Gerratt -- Ch. 15. Speaker Normalization In Speech Perception / Keith Johnson -- Ch. 16. Perceptual Integration Of Linguistic And Non-linguistic Properties Of Speech / Lynne C. Nygaard -- Part Iv. Speech Perception By Special Listeners. Ch. 17. Speech Perception In Infants / Derek M. Houston -- Ch. 18. Speech Perception In Childhood / Amanda C. Walley -- Ch. 19. Age-related Changes In Spoken Word Recognition / Mitchell S. Sommers -- Ch. 20. Speech Perception In Deaf Children With Cochlear Implants / David B. Pisoni -- Ch. 21. Speech Perception Following Focal Brain Injury / William Badecker -- Ch. 22. Cross-language Speech Perception / Nuria Sebastian-galles -- Ch. 23. Speech Perception In Specific Language Impairment / Susan Ellis Weismer --^ Part V. Recognition Of Spoken Words. Ch. 24. Spoken Word Recognition: The Challenge Of Variation / Paul A. Luce And Conor T. Mclennan -- Ch. 25. Probabilistic Phonotactics In Spoken Word Recognition / Edward T. Auer, Jr. And Paul A. Luce -- Part Vi. Theoretical Perspectives. Ch. 26. The Relation Of Speech Perception And Speech Production / Carol A. Fowler And Bruno Galantucci -- Ch. 27. A Neuroethological Perspective On The Perception Of Vocal Communication Signals / Timothy Q. Gentner And Gregory F. Ball. Edited By David B. Pisoni And Robert E. Remez. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Speech perception has emerged as a major field of research over the past two decades, as enormous theoretical and technical changes have occurred. The study of speech perception has broadened in scope to encompass and appeal to a wide variety of disciplines including phonetics, auditory and speech science, cognitive science, experimental psychology, computer science, and informatics, among others. The Handbook of Speech Perception is a collection of seminal articles that offer a summary of the technical and theoretical accomplishments in this vital area of research on language processing. The Enormous theoretical and technical changes have occurred in research on the perception of speech. This book offers the reader a summary collection of technical and theoretical accomplishments and challenges across this vital field of research on language