TY  - BOOK
AU  - Karpf,Anne
TI  - The human voice: the story of a talent 
SN  - 9781582342993 (alk. paper)
AV  - PN4162 .K285 2006
U1  - 808.5 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - London
PB  - Bloomsbury Pub. Plc.
KW  - Voice
KW  - Elocution
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-388) and index; 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0611/2006009698.html
ER  -