CReSS Books
We provide books about the physical aspects of speech production and their effects on phonetics, speech development, and phonology.
Books that are to be shipped to mailing addresses in the USA may be ordered on this website. All such orders will be shipped free of charge by media mail of the US Postal Service.
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Otherwise, this website may be used for informational purposes. For addresses outside the USA, please order new books through your favorite book retailer.
Acoustics of Speech Production
by R. S. McGowan
“Acoustics of Speech Production” provides an understandable description of the fundamental acoustics of the vocal tract. There are many simulations with graphical presentations of acoustic wave motion and other phenomena.
On Formants
by R. S. McGowan
“On Formants” is intended for phoneticians and others interested in speech production. We present ways of thinking of the relationship between vocal tract shape and formants that have never been presented before to researchers in phonetics.
Preowned Books
We have preowned books in speech science, linguistics, signal processing, and acoustics. These books are usually in excellent condition.
Physical and Linguistic Aspects of Speech Production
by R. S. McGowan
“Physical and Linguistic Aspects of Speech Production” summarizes physical acoustic theory and source mechanics in speech. Examples show how physical theory can be used to derive important results in linguistics.
Speech Acoustics Online Short Course
What is a formant?
What is a sine wave?
What is a relatively easy way to estimate the formant frequency for a given vocal tract area function?