The Bases of SpeechHarper & Brothers, 1946 - 610 pages |
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... term decibel to be widely used in referring not only to the intensity difference but the loudness difference , or to ... term in Speech and Hearing , Part IV , Chap . I. between intensity and loudness , some writers reserve the term 122 ...
... term decibel to be widely used in referring not only to the intensity difference but the loudness difference , or to ... term in Speech and Hearing , Part IV , Chap . I. between intensity and loudness , some writers reserve the term 122 ...
Page 123
... term " decibel " to refer to intensity , and for loudness use the terms " phon " and " sone . " According to Stevens and Davis , 50 the phon , a term of German origin , is mathematically the same as the decibel but is used to indicate ...
... term " decibel " to refer to intensity , and for loudness use the terms " phon " and " sone . " According to Stevens and Davis , 50 the phon , a term of German origin , is mathematically the same as the decibel but is used to indicate ...
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... term to refer to the similar elements , we have what may be called transportation ; still further , if we group production , transportation , and dis- tribution together , we have something still more abstract to which could be applied ...
... term to refer to the similar elements , we have what may be called transportation ; still further , if we group production , transportation , and dis- tribution together , we have something still more abstract to which could be applied ...
Contents
The Social Basis of Speech I | 1 |
The Psychological Basis of Speech | 340 |
The Genetic Basis of Speech | 419 |
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