The Human Voice : : how This Extraordinary Instrument Reveals Essential Clues About who we are
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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 voice 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.
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PUBLISHED
London : Bloomsbury Pub. Plc., 2006.
Year Published: 2006
Description: 399 p.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1582342997 (alk. paper)
SUBJECTS
Voice.
Elocution.
Voice -- Social aspects.