Chapter 5
Exploring speech experiences
Linguists, speakers, sounds and meanings
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
- 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
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