Description
Provides a Clear, Engaging Introduction to the Physical Mechanisms of Human Speech Production
The second edition of Articulatory Phonetics offers a fresh, expanded exploration of how the human body produces the sounds of speech. With dozens of new and updated illustrations, revised exercises, and the addition of an entirely new chapter on sensory systems, this edition reflects the latest scientific and theoretical advances in the study of speech production. Authors Bryan Gick, Donald Derrick, and Ian Wilson integrate recent discoveries on motor modularization, speech posture, and multimodal perception, providing readers with an up-to-date and engaging overview of the biomechanics of speaking.
Maintaining the hallmark clarity of the first edition, Articulatory Phonetics continues to serve as a concise, non-technical introduction to the anatomy and physiology of speech—offering fresh insights into how sensory feedback guides articulatory movement. New original illustrations and accessible discussions demystify the complex interactions between the brain, muscles, and airflow that enable speech. Supported by online MRI-based visualizations and new downloadable exercises, this edition equips students and researchers to engage confidently with current approaches and experimental methods in articulatory phonetics.
Setting a new standard for learning how bodily motion is transformed into the sounds of language, Articulatory Phonetics:
- Integrates the latest theoretical perspectives and experimental findings from linguistics, neuroscience, and speech science
- Offers an intuitive progression from neural control to complex articulation, emphasizing the physical foundations of speech
- Highlights related topics that connect articulatory phonetics to broader research themes
- Addresses new research on sensory systems and their vital role in guiding speech movements
- Designed as both a standalone introduction and a companion to Keith Johnson’s Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics
Articulatory Phonetics, Second Edition, is ideal for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in linguistics, speech science, and communication disorders. It is well-suited for courses such as Articulatory Phonetics, Speech Anatomy and Physiology, or Introduction to Phonetics within degree programs in linguistics, cognitive science, and speech-language pathology.
Table of Contents
List of Figures x
Acknowledgments for the Second Edition xix
About the Companion Website xxi
Introduction xxii
Part I Getting to Sounds 1
1 The Speech System and Basic Anatomy 3
1.1 The Speech Chain 3
1.2 The Building Blocks of Articulatory Phonetics 7
1.3 Understanding Movement: Control and Biomechanics 10
2 Where It All Starts: The Central Nervous System 21
2.1 Nervous System Basics 21
2.2 Speech Pathways Through the Brain 33
2.3 Measuring Brain Activity: fMRI, PET, EEG, ECoG, and MEG 35
3 From Thought to Movement: The Peripheral Nervous System and Muscles 43
3.1 The Peripheral Nervous System 43
3.2 How Muscles Move 48
3.3 Motor Modules 51
3.4 Measuring Muscles: Electromyography 53
4 From Movement to Flow: Respiration 61
4.1 Breathing Basics 61
4.2 The Anatomy of Breathing 64
4.3 Measuring Airflow and Pressure: Pneumotachography and Schlieren Imaging 78
5 From Flow to Sound 85
5.1 Intrinsic Laryngeal Anatomy 85
5.2 Modal Phonation 91
5.3 Articulating Speech Sounds 99
5.4 Measuring the Vocal Folds: EGG 102
Part II Articulating Sounds 109
6 Laryngeal Articulation 111
6.1 Extrinsic Laryngeal Anatomy 111
6.2 Articulating Sounds: The Larynx 118
6.3 Measuring Laryngeal Articulations: Endoscopy 127
7 Soft Palate Articulation 132
7.1 The Soft Palate: Airspaces and Anatomy 132
7.2 Articulating Sounds: The Soft Palate 141
7.3 Measuring the Soft Palate: X-ray Video 148
8 Lingual Articulation: Vowels 153
8.1 The Jaw and Extrinsic Tongue Muscles 153
8.2 Articulating Sounds: Vowels 162
8.3 Measuring Vowels: Ultrasound 169
9 Lingual Articulation: Consonants 177
9.1 The Intrinsic Tongue Muscles 177
9.2 Articulating Sounds: Lingual Consonants 181
9.3 Measuring Lingual Consonants: Palatography and Linguography 192
10 Labial Articulation 201
10.1 Muscles of the Lips and Face 204
10.2 Articulating Sounds: Labials 208
10.3 Measuring the Lips and Face: Video and Point Tracking 214
11 Putting Articulations Together 223
11.1 Coordinating Movements 223
11.2 Articulating Sounds: Coordinating Complexity 229
11.3 Coarticulation 235
11.4 Measuring the Whole Vocal Tract: Tomography 239
12 Guiding Articulation: Sensory Systems 247
12.1 Sensory Systems in Articulatory Phonetics 247
12.2 Articulating Sounds: Multimodality and Feedback Control 256
12.3 Measuring Sensory Feedback: Perturbation and Adaptation 263
Exercises 266
References 267
Abbreviations Used in the Book 271
Muscles with Innervation, Origin, and Insertion 274
Index 281
