Individual Differences in Speech Production and Perception

• Other Authors: Fuchs, Susanne (Editor), Pape, Daniel (Editor), Petrone, Caterina (Editor), Perrier, Pascal (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 2015
• Series: Speech Production and Perception 3
• Subjects: Psycholinguistics; Phonetics, phonology; Psychological theory & schools of thought; Perception; Life sciences: general issues; Differences; Fine phonetic detail; Forensic speaker recognition; Fuchs; Individual; prod; Production; Speech; Speech acquisition; Speech planning
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Inter-individual variation in speech is a topic of increasing interest both in human sciences and speech technology. It can yield important insights into biological, cognitive, communicative, and social aspects of language. Written by specialists in psycholinguistics, phonetics, speech development, speech perception and speech technology, this volume presents experimental and modeling studies that provide the reader with a deep understanding of interspeaker variability and its role in speech processing, speech development, and interspeaker interactions. It discusses how theoretical models take into account individual behavior, explains why interspeaker variability enriches speech communication, and summarizes the limitations of the use of speaker information in forensics.