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020 _a9781582342993 (alk. paper)
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_b.K285 2006
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100 1 _aKarpf, Anne.
245 1 4 _aThe human voice :
_bthe story of a talent /
_cby Anne Karpf.
260 _aLondon :
_bBloomsbury Pub. Plc.,
_c2006.
300 _axi, 399 p. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [373]-388) and index.
505 0 _aWhat 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.
650 0 _aVoice.
650 0 _aElocution.
650 0 _aVoice
_xSocial aspects.
856 4 1 _zTable of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0611/2006009698.html
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