Phonetics in the Brain (Elements in Phonetics)

✍ Scribed by Pelle Söderström

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2024
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 86
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Spoken language is a rapidly unfolding signal: a complex code that the listener must crack to understand what is being said. From the structures of the inner ear through to higher-order areas of the brain, a hierarchy of interlinked processes transforms the acoustic signal into a linguistic message within fractions of a second. This Element outlines how we perceive speech and explores what the auditory system needs to achieve to make this possible. It traces a path through the system and discusses the mechanisms that enable us to perceive speech as a coherent sequence of words. This is combined with a brief history of research into language and the brain beginning in the nineteenth century, as well as an overview of the state-of-the-art neuroimaging and analysis techniques that are used to investigate phonetics in the brain today. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title page
Copyright page
Phonetics in the Brain
Contents
1 Introduction
2 The Birth of Neurolinguistics
2.1 Paul Broca: The Seat of Language
2.2 Carl Wernicke: From Production to Perception
2.3 From Neuroanatomy to Neuropsychology and Cognitive
Neuroscience
3 Neuroimaging
3.1 Electroencephalography and Functional Magnetic Resonance
Imaging
3.2 EEG and Event-Related Potentials
3.3 Statistical Analysis of EEG Data
4 From Sound to Perception
4.1 Prediction in Speech Perception and Spoken-Word
Recognition
5 Structure and Function of the Auditory System
5.1 From the Cochlea to Auditory Nuclei
5.2 Subcortical Networks and the Extraction of Acoustic Features
of Speech
5.3 From Subcortical to Cortical Processing of Speech
6 Directions for Future Research
References