Recent work on the multimodal paradigm of speech processing examines such topics as the sensory integration of auditory and visual information and audio-visual speech processing by computers.
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 soci
Eight studies from a September 2010 summer school in Berlin explore the cognitive-linguistic and motor task planning that speakers must accomplish before uttering a sentence. Among the topics are glob
This book proposes a detailed picture of the continuities and ruptures between communication in primates and language in humans. It explores a diversity of perspectives on the origins of language, inc