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    Fast formant estimation of children's speech
    (Conference on Spoken Language Processing, 1994) Wrench, Alan A.; Watson, Jocelynne; Soutar, D. S.; Robertson, A. G.; Laver, John
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    John Laver
    (John Wiley & Sons, 2002-06) Laver, John
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    Making the Best Decisions: A guide to strategic investment in research infrastructure.
    (Final report to SHEFC on behalf of the Scottish Universities Research Policy Consortium, 2002) Bruce, Vicki; Carter, Ian; Hardcastle, William J.; Laver, John; McFadzean, Gillian; Meagher, Laura; Murray, Alexa; Penman, James; SHEFC on behalf of the Scottish Universities Research Policy Consortium
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    Nonverbal communication and tone of voice.
    (Franz Steiner, 2002) Laver, John
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    Organic and performance components in vocal and non-vocal communication: unifying concepts of description and interpretation
    (Taylor & Francis, 2004) Beck, Janet M.; Laver, John
    This paper explores some conceptual and descriptive parallels between vocal and non-vocal communication, paying particular attention to the physical phenomena and semiotic functions in both speech and gesture. The discussion focuses on the interplay between organic and performance components of speech and gestural behaviour. A central thesis of the paper is that dilemmas of semiotic attribution are likely to arise when a person's organic state constrains or alters their communicative behaviour, especially if the listener or observer is unaware of that organic state. This thesis is illustrated by a discussion of the changes in communicative behaviour that may result from the physical modifications and movement constraints that are typically associated with old age or with selected disorders of movement. The paper concludes that a more integrated programme of research into comparable descriptive and theoretical concepts would offer a timely and fresh perspective on both speech and gesture, and their semiotic role in conversational interaction. Keywords: Vocal communication, gesture, attribution, organic state Introduction
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    Sociophonetics
    (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010) Foulkes, Paul; Scobbie, James M.; Watts, Dominic; Gibbon, Fiona; Hardcastle, William J.; Laver, John
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    The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences, 2nd Edition
    (Wiley, 2010) Gibbon, Fiona; Hardcastle, William J.; Laver, John
    Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences provides an authoritative account of the key topics in both theoretical and applied areas of speech communication, written by an international team of leading scholars and practitioners. -Combines new and influential research, along with articulate overviews of the key topics in theoretical and applied areas of speech communication -Accessibly structured into five major sections covering: experimental phonetics; biological perspectives; modelling speech production and perception; linguistic phonetics; and speech technology -Includes nine entirely new chapters on topics such as phonetic notation and sociophonetics, speech technology, biological perspectives, and prosody -A streamlined and re-oriented structure brings all contributions up-to-date with the latest research, whilst maintaining the features that made the first edition so useful
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    Three semiotic layers of spoken communication.
    (Elsevier, 2003) Laver, John