Foundations of Voice Studies: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Voice Production and Perception

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

Keywords: forensic linguistics, voice quality, phonetics, psycholinguistics, acoustics, communication, speech