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Author Chin, Steven Brian

Title Alcohol and Speech / Steven B. Chin and David B. Pisoni
Published San Diego : Academic Press, ©1997

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Description 1 online resource (x, 362 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction. -- The Nature and Pharmacology of Alcohol. -- Speech Production and Speech Acoustics. -- Research Methodology. -- Research Review I: 1915-1964. -- Research Review II: 1966-1982. -- Research Review III: 1985-1996. -- Case Study: The U.S. Tankship Exxon Valdez and Novel Scientific Evidence. -- Conclusions. -- Appendices. -- Glossary. -- References. -- Index
Summary Alcohol and Speech serves as a single, unifying reference source for those interested in speech motor effects evident in the acoustic record, reaction times, speech communication strategies, and perceptual judgments. Written by a linguist and a psychologist, the book provides an analytic orientation toward speech and alcohol with an emphasis on laboratory-based research in acoustic-phonetics and speech science. It is a comprehensive review of the effects of alcohol on speech and compares the various theoretical concerns which form this research. Studies of both alcohol and speech have been rare because each field has its own experimental protocols, methodologies, and research agendas. This book fills a long-standing gap and is unique in providing both breadth of coverage and depth of analysis. A case study involving the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound develops some of the legal implications of this research. Key Features * Illustrates a unified perspective for the study of alcohol and speech * Contains the benefit of years of research on alcohol and speech * Provides a wealth of research to investigators in a wide variety of disciplines: medicine, psychology, speech, forensics, law, and human factors * Demonstrates how alcohol and speech research applies in a practical situation: the Exxon Valdez grounding * Includes a glossary as well as numerous tables and graphs for a quick overview of data and results
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-348) and index
Notes English
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Subject Exxon Valdez (Ship)
SUBJECT Exxon Valdez (Ship) fast
Subject Alcohol -- Physiological effect.
Speech.
Ethanol -- adverse effects
Speech
speech (communication function)
Alcohol -- Physiological effect
Speech
Alkohol
Rausch
Gesprochene Sprache
Spraakproductie.
Alcoholgebruik.
Form Electronic book
Author Pisoni, David B
ISBN 9780121727758
0121727750
9780080526935
0080526934