By upending traditional perspectives, this book gives a biologically-grounded understanding of how spoken language conveys meaning.

There has been a longstanding bias in the study of spoken language towards using writing to analyse speech. This approach is problematic in that it assumes lang

Speech Production: Models, Phonetic Processes and Techniques brings together researchers from many different disciplines - computer science, dentistry, engineer

Speech Production: Models, Phonetic Processes and Techniques brings together researchers from many different disciplines - computer science, dentistry, engineer

In this text, the editors aim to convert the mapping of speech patterns into mental representations. They cover theories of perception and cognition, issues in