Homo Loquens: Man as a Talking Animal

by Dennis Butler Fry

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Our communication by speech can be seen as a remarkable series of transformations involving the brain, the muscles, sound-waves, the ear and finally the brain again. In this 1977 text, Dennis Fry describes and explains these processes in this fascinating and comprehensive introduction to the study of human speech. He considers too our remarkable ability to interpret speech, even in adverse circumstances, and the feat of its acquisition by the child...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521292395

ISBN13:9780521292399

Release Date:November 1977

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:188 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"

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Humanities Language Arts Linguistics Words, Language & Grammar

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