1: Babies, children, fish, and sound patterns
2: The Watling Street divide: Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, and
accent prejudice
3: Men can't make their voices sound sexy, and other gems
4: 'Gahaad save our Queen!' Professional and performance voices and
accents
5: Your voice is your witness: forensic speaker analysis in
criminal investigations
6: Transgender speech and synthesized voices
7: The tip of the iceberg
Jane Setter is Professor of Phonetics at the University of Reading
and a National Teaching Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy.
She has published widely on phonology in second language Englishes
and emerging varieties, and among children with speech and language
disorders. Professor Setter is a regular commentator in the British
media on issues relating to English pronunciation, speech features,
and attitudes to accents and appeared as an
expert on programmes such as The Alan Titchmarsh Show and Duck
Quacks Don't Echo.
In sum, Setter presents a wide-ranging survey of linguistic
variation and speech perception in the British Isles to introduce
non-specialists to linguistics. Nevertheless, for linguists who do
not specialize on this region, this work is equally engaging.
Setter also demonstrates with facility how using multiple media
enriches the presentation of linguistic work.
*Tracey Adams, University of Texas at Austin, Linguist List*
Review from previous edition This book had me hooked ... sprightly
and informative.
*James McConnachie, The Sunday Times*
Setter's book provides an enjoyable, informative discussion of the
relevance of our voice for our identity and how we perceive
others.
*Carolina Gonzalez, LINGUIST List*
Setter applies phonetic analysis to a range of aspects of daily
life in a way that is approachable to a wide audience.
*Megan Storey, Library Journal*
In Your Voice Speaks Volumes, Jane Setter... has produced a primer
on some interesting aspects of the spoken word.
*Graham Elliott, The Linguist*
Jane is excellent at making linguistics, particularly phonetics,
crystal clear for the uninitiated. She uses that talent to great
effect in her first book for the general public... This book is an
important instrument for fighting accentism and other linguistic
prejudice in the UK. It might make a nice gift for that person in
your life who says they "care deeply about the English language",
but really what they mean is "I like to judge other people's use of
the English language".
*Lynne Murphy, Separated by a Common Language*
This is a fascinating book combining personal experience, British
and international culture and society and above all scientific
understanding of spoken language, how it works and how it is
perceived around the world.
*Training, Language and Culture, Maurice Cassidy*
Innovative, informative, and full of human warmth. Jane Setter
brings a personal perspective to the subject that is both
insightful and moving.
*David Crystal*
Drawing on her two distinct areas of expertise -phonetics and rock
singing- Jane Setter offers a fascinating and approachable account
of the human voice and what it can say about us to the
listener.
*John C. Wells, Emeritus Professor of Phonetics, University College
London*
A fascinating and thorough exploration of some of the key
processes, functions and perceptions of spoken language. Professor
Setter manages to provide accessible explanations of quite complex
linguistic topics and brings them to life by relating them to
entertaining examples from her own personal and professional
experience. A great introduction to the area.
*Dr Rob Drummond, Reader in Linguistics, Manchester Metropolitan
University*
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