Elements of acoustic phonetics

Explains the basic aspects of acoustics that are important for the study of speech. Six chapters of the 1962 edition are little changed, but the seventh is expanded to account for new insights into the nature of speech, such as resonances of the vocal tract and how formants are related to different cavities. New chapters explain how computers store sound waves, some basic aspects of computer speech processing, and the two most common equations for analyzing speech sounds. Assumes a vague memory of high school mathematics. No bibliography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.