Pelle Söderström

Phonetics in the Brain

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Spoken language is a rapidly unfolding signal: a complex code that the listener must crack to understand what is being said. From the structures of the inner ear through to higher-order areas of the brain, a hierarchy of interlinked processes transforms the acoustic signal into a linguistic message within fractions of a second. This Element outlines how speech is perceived and explores what the auditory system needs to achieve to make this possible. It traces a path through the system and discusses the mechanisms that enable us to perceive speech as a coherent sequence of words. This is combined with a brief history of research into language and the brain beginning in the nineteenth century, as well as an overview of the state-of-the-art neuroimaging and analysis techniques that are used to investigate phonetics in the brain today. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 86
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9781009507448
• ISBN-10: 1009507443
• Artikelnr.: 69920727

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The birth of neurolinguistics
3. Neuroimaging
4. From sound to perception
5. Structure and function of the auditory system
6. Directions for future research
References.