31.394, Books: Your Voice Speaks Volumes: Setter

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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 14:13:36
From:  Oxford University Press [HumanitiesMarketing at oup.com]
Subject: Your Voice Speaks Volumes: Setter

 


Title: Your Voice Speaks Volumes 
Subtitle: It's Not What You Say, But How You Say It 
Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
	   http://www.oup.com/us
	

Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/your-voice-speaks-volumes-9780198813842?utm_source=linguistlist&utm_medium=listserv&utm_campaign=linguistics 


Author: Jane Setter

Hardback: ISBN:  9780198813842 Pages: 240 Price: U.S. $ 25.95


Abstract:

Why do we speak the way we do, and what do our voices tell others about us?
What is the truth behind the myths that surround how we speak? Jane Setter
explores these and other fascinating questions in this engaging introduction
to the power and the science of the voice.

The book first takes us on a tour of the sounds in our language and how we
produce them, as well as how and why those sounds vary in different varieties
of English. The origins of our vast range of accents are explained, along with
the prejudices associated with them: why do we feel such loyalty to our own
accent, and what's behind our attitudes to others? We learn that much of what
we believe about how we speak may not be true: is it really the case, for
instance, that only young people use 'uptalk', or that only women use vocal
fry? Our voices can also be used as criminal evidence, and to help us wear
different social and professional hats. Throughout the book, Professor Setter
draws on examples from the media and from her own professional and personal
experience, from her work on the provenance of the terrorist 'Jihadi John' to
why the Rolling Stones sounded American.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Forensic Linguistics
                     Phonetics
                     Phonology
                     Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Written In: English  (eng)

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http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=141113




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