by Anne Karpf (Author)
Why has the female voice deepened over the last fifty years? Who talks more, men or women? How can a baby in the womb distinguish between different voices? The human voice is the personal and social glue that binds us, and the most important sound in our lives. The moment we open our mouth we leak information about our biological, psychological and social status. Babies use it to establish emotional ties and acquire language, adults to decode mood and meaning in intimate and professional relationships. Far from being rendered redundant by modern technology, the human voice has enormous and enduring significance.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 16 Jul 2007
ISBN 10: 0747585377
ISBN 13: 9780747585374
Book Overview: For fans of Malcolm Gladwell's Blink and Steven Pinker's The Language Institute Author is a popular and well-established journalist whose book The War After: Living with the Holocaust, about growing up in London as the child of Holocaust survivors, was highly praised for its insights and the quality of its writing.