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Record Nr.

UNINA9910137390003321

Autore

Maurer Dieter

Titolo

Acoustics of the vowel [[electronic resource] ] : preliminaries / / Dieter Maurer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bern : , : Peter Lang AG, International Academic Publishers, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

9783035109122 (ebook)

9783035197822 (epub ebook)

9783034323918 (mobi)

9783034320313 (paperback)

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 279 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Open Access e-Books

Knowledge Unlatched

Disciplina

414

Soggetti

Phonetics, Acoustic

Vowels

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-279)

Sommario/riassunto

It seems as if the fundamentals of how we produce vowels and how they are acoustically represented have been clarified: we phonate and articulate. Using our vocal chords, we produce a vocal sound or noise which is then shaped into a specific vowel sound by the resonances of the pharyngeal, oral, and nasal cavities, that is, the vocal tract. Accordingly, the acoustic description of vowels relates to vowel-specific patterns of relative energy maxima in the sound spectra, known as patterns of formants. The intellectual and empirical reasoning presented in this treatise, however, gives rise to scepticism with respect to this understanding of the sound of the vowel. The reflections and materials presented provide reason to argue that, up to now, a comprehensible theory of the acoustics of the voice and of voiced speech sounds is lacking, and consequently, no satisfying understanding of vowels as an achievement and particular formal



accomplishment of the voice exists. Thus, the question of the acoustics of the vowel—and with it the question of the acoustics of the voice itself—proves to be an unresolved fundamental problem.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910711538503321

Autore

Bedinger M. S.

Titolo

Geologic and hydrologic characterization and evaluation of the basin and range province relative to the disposal of high-level radioactive waste . Part 3 Geologic and hydrologic evaluation / / by M.S. Bedinger, K.A. Sargent and B.T. Brady

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reston, Va.] : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1984

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iv, 27 pages) : maps

Collana

Geological Survey circular ; ; 904-C

Soggetti

Geology - Great Basin

Hydrology - Great Basin

Radioactive waste disposal in the ground - Great Basin

Geology

Hydrology

Radioactive waste disposal in the ground

United States Great Basin

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This is Part III of a series of reports being prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey in consultation with States in the Basin and Range Province."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 27).