Phonetics in the Brain
(2024) In Elements in Phonetics- Abstract
- 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 to a linguistic message within fractions of a second.
This Element outlines how speech is perceived 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... (More) - 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 to a linguistic message within fractions of a second.
This Element outlines how speech is perceived 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. (Less)
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- author
- Söderström, Pelle LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2024-03-02
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- Book/Report
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- phonetics, neuroscience, neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics, history, speech perception, spoken-word recognition, neuroimaging, functional magnetic brain imaging (fMRI), electroencephalography (EEG)
- in
- Elements in Phonetics
- pages
- 78 pages
- publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- ISSN
- 2634-1689
- 2634-1670
- ISBN
- 978-1-009-16112-1
- 978-1-009-50744-8
- 9781009161114
- DOI
- 10.1017/9781009161114
- project
- Neurophysiological correlates of predictive mechanisms in word recognition
- language
- English
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- yes
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- 41a1af5e-4fef-4f3d-83c3-828359b8e274
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author = {{Söderström, Pelle}},
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issn = {{2634-1689}},
keywords = {{phonetics; neuroscience; neurolinguistics; psycholinguistics; history; speech perception; spoken-word recognition; neuroimaging; functional magnetic brain imaging (fMRI); electroencephalography (EEG)}},
language = {{eng}},
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publisher = {{Cambridge University Press}},
series = {{Elements in Phonetics}},
title = {{Phonetics in the Brain}},
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doi = {{10.1017/9781009161114}},
year = {{2024}},
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