The human voice
how this extraordinary instrument reveals essential clues about who we are
1st U.S. ed.
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Word Count
99,750 words, Guess
Page Count
399 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL15624587M
- ISBN-139781582342993
- ISBN-101582342997
- OCLC Control Number65201345
- OCLC Control Numberhumanvoicehowthi0000karp
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2006009698
- LibraryThing1487182
- Goodreads347540
Classifications
- LCCPN4162 .K285 2006
Description
"Beginning with a description of how the voice actually works, Anne Karpf goes on to investigate its vital role in the bonding of mothers and children, and eventually in all social interaction. She then opens the story out of explore the voice's psychological, social, emotional and cultural significance, investigating and challenging received wisdom of all kinds, from the stereotype of silent men and talkative women and the theory that only 7 per cent of our meaning is carried in the words we use, to the fascinating insight that children who have difficulty decoding voices are likely to be less popular with other children as early as kindergarten, and that we can recognise the emotion in another person's voice within sixty milliseconds of first hearing them speak."--BOOK JACKET
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