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In:Sensory Experiences: Exploring meaning and the senses
Danièle Dubois, Caroline Cance, Matt Coler, Arthur Paté and Catherine Guastavino
[Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research 24] 2021
► pp. 169–211

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Chapter 5
Exploring speech experiences

Linguists, speakers, sounds and meanings

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Published online: 1 December 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1075/celcr.24.c5
Article outline
  • 5.1Is speech just sounds?
    • 5.1.1Speech as auditory phenomena: Categorical perception within discourse acts
    • 5.1.2Speech as an acoustic object: Speech signals
    • 5.1.3Representing speech sounds
  • 5.2Speech in the wild: Historical landmarks in linguistic field-work
  • 5.3Case study: Muylaq’ Aymara
    • 5.3.1Scientific positioning: Elaborating and rephrasing a research question
      • Where will I perform fieldwork?
      • Preparing to go from Amsterdam to Moquegua
    • 5.3.2Collecting speech sounds outside of the lab
      • 5.3.2.1Eliciting and recording speech sounds in the wild
        • Eliciting speech in Moquegua
        • Traveling from Moquegua to Muylaque for the first time
        • First impressions of Muylaque
        • Another failed attempt at eliciting speech
        • From subjects to participants
      • 5.3.2.2Transcribing speech sounds in the wild
        • Collaborative fieldwork
    • 5.3.3From collection to analysis of speech sounds
      • Why not just use features of the acoustic signal?
      • Why not just use the letters from (English, French) orthography?
      • Improved elicitation methods
  • 5.4A summary of methodological consequences
  • Notes
  • References
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