Alcohol and speech

This work summarizes twentieth-century research on speech and alcohol. It covers all necessary background information, including chapters on the pharmacology of alcohol, speech production, speech acoustics, and research design and methodology. Three chapters are detailed reviews of the important scientific literature on speech and alcohol. Tape-recordings made from the bridge of the Exxon Valdez when she ran aground in Alaska in 1989 provide a case for applications of research results.

Introduction. The Nature and Pharmacology of Alcohol. Speech Production and Speech Acoustics. Research Methodology. Research Review. 1915-1964. Research Review. 1966-1982. Research Review. 1985-1996. Case Study: The U.S. Tankship Exxon Valdez and Novel Scientific Evidence. Conclusions. Appendices. Glossary. References. Index.

Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and professors working in alcohol research, phonetics, speech recognition, human factors, and psycholinguistics. Linguists, psychologists, cognitive scientists, engineers, and forensic scien

The book provides a comprehensive review of the effects of alcohol on speech while comparing the various theoretical concerns that form this research. A special merit is the truly exhaustive survey of the relevant literature which also takes into account a significant number of studies which were written in and on languages other than English... The book thus serves as a single, unifying up-to-date reference source for those interested in speech motor effects evident in the acoustic records, reaction times, speech communication strategies, and perceptual judgments.'--HERMANN J. KENZEL, University of Trier, Budeskriminalamt Wiesbaden, Germany'Scientifically characterizing the effects of alcohol on speech has important implications, as exemplified by the case of the Exxon Valdez. Alcohol and