Whistled Languages A Worldwide Inquiry on Human Whistled Speech /

The main focus of this monograph on whistled speech is the result of a worldwide inquiry primarily based on the author’s unprecedented fieldwork and laboratory experience. The different questions raised by the origin and the evolution of whistled forms of languages are also explored, including the r...

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Hovedforfatter: Meyer, Julien. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Institution som forfatter: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronisk eBog
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Udgivelse:1st ed. 2015.
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Online adgang:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45837-2
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • Introduction
  • Historical Sketch
  • The Diversity and Landscape Ecology of Whistled Languages
  • Whistled Speech and Language Ecology
  • Whistle Production and Physics of the Signal
  • Acoustic Adaptation to Natural Environments
  • Phonetics, Phonology and Typology of Whistled Languages
  • Perspectives and Neurocognitive Aspects
  • Evolutionary Perspectives.