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  • Studies on Speech Production

    11th International Seminar, ISSP 2017, Tianjin, China, October 16-19, 2017, Revised Selected Papers

    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 11th International Seminar on Speech Production, ISSP 2017, held in Tianjin, China, In October 2017.The 20 revised full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 68 submissions. They cover a wide range of speech science fields including phonology, phonetics, prosody, mechanics, acoustics, ... Read more

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  • Audiovisual Speech Processing

    When we speak, we configure the vocal tract which shapes the visible motions of the face and the patterning of the audible speech acoustics. Similarly, we use these visible and audible behaviors to perceive speech. This book showcases a broad range of research investigating how these two types of signals are used in spoken communication, how they interact, and how they can be used to enhance the ... Read more

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  • Origins of Human Language: Continuities and Discontinuities with Nonhuman Primates

    Series Book 4 - Speech Production and Perception
    This book proposes a detailed picture of the continuities and ruptures between communication in primates and language in humans. It explores a diversity of perspectives on the origins of language, including a fine description of vocal communication in animals, mainly in monkeys and apes, but also in birds, the study of vocal tract anatomy and cortical control of the vocal productions in monkeys ... Read more

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