An edition of The Human Voice (2006)

The human voice

how this extraordinary instrument reveals essential clues about who we are

1st U.S. ed.

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An edition of The Human Voice (2006)

The human voice

how this extraordinary instrument reveals essential clues about who we are

1st U.S. ed.

by

"Beginning with a description of how the voice actually works, Anne Karpf goes on to investigate its vital role in the bonding of mothers and children, and eventually in all social interaction. She then opens the story out of explore the voice's psychological, social, emotional and cultural significance, investigating and challenging received wisdom of all kinds, from the stereotype of silent men and talkative women and the theory that only 7 per cent of our meaning is carried in the words we use, to the fascinating insight that children who have difficulty decoding voices are likely to be less popular with other children as early as kindergarten, and that we can recognise the emotion in another person's voice within sixty milliseconds of first hearing them speak."--BOOK JACKET

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Bloomsbury Pub., Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck
Language
English
Pages
399

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Subjects

Elocution, Social aspects, Social aspects of Voice, Voice, Voice culture, Voice Quality

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Human Voice: The Story of a Remarkable Talent
2011, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
in English
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The Human Voice
July 16, 2007, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The Human Voice
April 30, 2006, Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
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Human Voice: The Story of a Remarkable Talent
June 30, 2006, Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
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The human voice: how this extraordinary instrument reveals essential clues about who we are
2006, Bloomsbury Pub., Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck
in English - 1st U.S. ed.
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Cover of: The Human Voice
The Human Voice
August 22, 2006, Bloomsbury USA
Hardcover in English
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Table of Contents

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 voices 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-388) and index.

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New York

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Library of Congress
PN4162 .K285 2006, PN4162.K285 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 399 p. ;
Number of pages
399

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2006009698
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65201345
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1487182
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347540

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