Linguistics

LING 80H The Human Voice

Comprehensive overview of the human voice, concentrating on its paralinguistic and sociolinguistic functions. Topics include: laryngeal anatomy, voice acoustics, emotional expression, singing, and vocal pathologies. A major theme is the interaction of race, ethnicity, and gender in vocal expression, racial and ethnic profiling of voices, and how all of this relates to current issues in human-computer interaction and social media.

Credits

5

General Education Code

ER

Quarter offered

Winter

Instructor

Grant McGuire