Karpf, Anne. <br/><br/>
The human voice :  the story of a talent / 
by Anne Karpf. 
 - London :  Bloomsbury Pub. Plc.,  2006. 
 - xi, 399 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-388) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781582342993 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006009698 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Voice.<br/>Elocution.<br/>Voice--Social aspects.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN4162  / .K285 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>808.5