Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents iii
3. Detailed Table of Contents iv
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 What is Speaking? 6
6. 2 Studying Speaking 21
7. 3 The Foundation Research 47
8. 4 Contemporary Model Building 76
9. 5 Theoretical Considerations 97
10. 6 Essentials in Describing Speech 110
11. 7 Hearing and Perception 126
12. 8 Theories of Speech Perception 152
13. 9 Applications 169
14. 10 Experimental Work I – Non- Acoustics 204
15. 11 Experimental Work II – Acoustics 221
16. Conclusion 244
17. References 246
18. Definitions Index 254
19. Explanations Index 255
20. Author and Subject Index 257