These papers, from the IPS-77 Congress held in Miami Beach, Florida in 1977, present the state-of-the-art in phonetic science. The volume is subdivided into twelve sections: History of Phonetics, Issues of Method and Theory in Phonetics, Laryngeal Function, Temporal Factors and Intonation, Physiological and Acoustic Phonetics, Speech Production, Neurophonetics and Psychopathology, Speech Perception, Speech and Speaker Recognition, Teaching Phonetics, Children’s Speech and Language Acquisition, and Special Issues in Phonetics.

Table of Contents:
1. Editor's foreword, pv-vii; 2. List of congress sponsors, committees and other organizational matters, pvii-xi; 3. Part I: A. History of phonetics; 4. Ancient arab and muslim phoneticians: An appraisal of their contribution to phonetics (by Bakalla, Muhammad Hasan), p3-11; 5. Phonetics and other disciplines: then and now (by Bronstein, Arthur J.), p13-21; 6. Toward a historiography of phonetics (by Koerner, E.F.K.), p23-35; 7. Giulio Panconcelli-Calzias Beitrag zur geschichte der phonetik (by Koester, Jens-Peter), p37-47; 8. Looking back: memories of 40 years in phonetics (by Moses, Elbert R.), p49-54; 9. B. Issues of method and theory in phonetics; 10. On the necessity of the introduction of technical principles into instrumental-phonetic investigation (by Baitchura, Uzbek), p57-61; 11. Some control components of a speech production model (by Bladon, R.A.W.), p63-70; 12. Phonetic aspects of lingua-informatics (by Krasheninnikova, E.A.), p71-76; 13. Dimension statistique de la structure linguistique et distinction phonetique/phonologie (by Mahmoudian, Morteza), p77-84; 14. Linguistics and systems theory (by Mehan, Mehra M.), p85-92; 15. Some problems in phonetic theory (by Tatham, Marcel A.A.), p93-106; 16. C. Laryngeal function; 17. Caracteristique de forme de l'onde de debit des cordes vocales: productions vocaliques (by Boe, Louis-Jean), p109-118; 18. Laryngeal patterns of consonant productions in sentence observed with an impedance glottograph (by Chollet, Gerard F.), p119-128; 19. Physiological functions of the larynx in phonetic control (by Fujimura, Osamu), p129-163; 20. A cross language study of laryngeal adjustment in consonant production (by Hirose, Hajime), p165-179; 21. Quantitative analysis of chant in relation to normal phonation and vocal fry (by Large, John), p181-189; 22. Jointure et activite glottale (by Petursson, Magnus), p191-200; 23. Instrumental measurement of phonetion types: A laryngographic contribution (by Roach, Peter J.), p201-207; 24. Variations of pitch and intensity with pre-phonatory laryngeal adjustments (by Titze, Ingo R.), p209-215; 25. Physical and physiological dimensions of intrinsic voice quality (by Titze, Ingo R.), p217-223; 26. D. Temporal factors and questions of intonation; 27. Applied prosodic analysis: A pedagogical model for english and german intonation (by Anderson, Keith O.), p227-234; 28. Rhythm and pause as means of expression in the japanese arts of storytelling, with special regard to rakugo (by Balkenhol, Heinz), p235-243; 29. Artistic vocal communication at the prosodic level (by Fonagy, Ivan), p245-260; 30. Syllabic division and the intonation of common slavic (by Galton, Herbert), p261-265; 31. Processes in the development of speech timing slavic (by Hawkins, Sarah), p267-278; 32. An acoustical/temporal analysis of the effect of situational stress on speech (by Hicks, Jr., J.W.), p279-284; 33. A statistical approach to the problem of isochrony in spoken british english (by Hill, D.R.), p285-294; 34. Intonation through visualization (by James, E.F.), p295-301; 35. Tonal spelling (by Jou, Bienming), p303-308; 36. Quelques problemes poses par l'elaboration de regles predictives de l'intonation (by L'Hote, Elisabeth), p309-319; 37. Prephonological views on the history of english syllable accents (by Liberman, Anatoly), p321-329; 38. Syllable timing in spanish, english, and finnish (by Oller, D. Kimbrough), p331-343; 39. Le registre melodique de l'attaque dans un parler franco-ontarien (by Szmidt, Yvette), p345-355; 40. "Melodie-language" des chorals de Jean-Sebastien Bach (by Ferrand Vidal, Anne-Marie), p357-362; 41. Temproal cues in french intervocalic stops (by Wajskop, Max), p363-382; 42. Principes d'une methode d'enseignement de la prononciation de francais a partir du rythme de la langue parlee non meridionale (by Wioland, Francois), p383-404; 43. E. Physiological and acoustic phonetics; 44. Description of an Electropalatographic system (by Autesserre, D.), p407-420; 45. Inadequacies in phonetic specifications of some latyngeal features: evidence from hindi (by Dixit, R. Prakash), p423-433; 46. Vocalic variability in palatographic impressions (by Sara, Solomon I.), p435-442; 47. A new portable type unit for electropalatography (by Shibata, Seiji), p443-449; 48. Aspiration in Scottish gealic stop consonants (by Shuken, Cynthia R.), p451-458; 49. The effect on formant patterns of differential volumetric change in the oral cavity (by Vig, Peter S.), p459-474; 50. Characteristics of oral air flow during plosive consonant production by hearing-impaired speakers (by Whitehead, Robert L.), p475-485; 51. F. Speech production; 52. the production and recognition of sounds in english words spoken by young japanese adults (by Black, John W.), p489-500; 53. The production of laterals: some acoustic properties and their physiological implications (by Bladon, R.A.W.), p501-508; 54. African click sounds: early descriptions and symbols (by Breckwoldt, G.H.), p509-520; 55. Nasal consonant epenthesis in 'southern' french (by Detrich, E. Dean), p521-529; 56. An instrumental investigation of coarticulation in stop consonant sequences (by Hardcastle, William J.), p531-540; 57. Standardisation vs. diversification dans la pronounciation du francais contemporain (by Leon, Pierre R.), p541-549; 58. On vowel-diphthong transitions (by Lipski, John M.), p551-561; 59. Speech across a linguistic boundary: category naming and phonetic description (by Lisker, Leigh), p563-571; 60. Comparative analysis of syllable and accent between english and japanese (by Sakow, William A.), p573-576; 61. Original vowels in african languages (by Stopa, Roman), p577-582; 62. Vowel length in micmac and malecite (by Szabo, Laszlo), p583-587; 63. Part II: G. Neurophonetics and psychopathology; 64. Differential diagnosis of neurologic and psychogenic voice disorders (by Aronson, Arnold E.), p591-597; 65. Speech studies in psychiatric populations (by Darby, John K.), p599-608; 66. Acoustic comparisons of psychotic and non-psychotic voices (by Hollien, Harry), p609-614; 67. The physiology of cerebellar involvement in motor control (by Jeneskog, Torgny), p615-620; 68. Neural mechanism in speech productions (by MacNeilage, Peter F.), p621-638; 69. Impairment of verbal and non-verbal oral movements after left hemisphere damage (by Mateer, Catherine A.), p639-645; 70. Psychiatric implications of speech disorder (by Ostwald, Peter F.), p647-656; 71. Phonetic indications of psychopathology (by Rousey, Clyde L.), p657-667; 72. Cerebellar involvement in motor control: a concept (by Soderberg, Carl-Gustaf), p669-673; 73. H. Speech perception; 74. On the recognition of isolated spanish vowels (by Borzone de Manrique, Ana Maria), p677-681; 75. Experiments in voice confrontation (by Breckwoldt, G.H.), p683-690; 76. The effects of several linguistic factors on the magnitude of error in the location of extraneous sounds embedded in speech (by Bull, Glen L.), p691-697; 77. Normalization influenceeees in the perception of speech (by LaRiviere, Conrad), p699-712; 78. Some physiological interpretations of the perception: Implications of an experiment on the perception of segmented speech (by Oakeshott-Taylor, John), p713-719; 79. Perception of speech features by persons with hearing impairment (by Pickett, James M.), p721-736; 80. Auditory phonetics (by Pilch, Herbert), p737-741; 81. The effect of labov's five phonological variables on perceived listener judgement (by Ronson, Irwin), p743-754; 82. Cross-language differences in the perceptual use of voicing cues (by Serniclaes, Willy), p755-773; 83. Intelligibility of time-altered sentenial messages as a function of contralateral masking (by Ort, Debra M. van), p775-785; 84. The perception of distinctive features (by Viel, Michel), p787-799; 85. I. Speech and speaker recognition; 86. Some steps in performance evaluation of the dawid speech recognition system (by Glave, R.D.), p803-810; 87. The effect of disguise on speaker identification from sound spectrograms (by Houlihan, Kathleen), p811-828; 88. Speaker identification by Wojciech Majewski, Janusz Zalewski, and Harry Hollien: Some remarks on different speaker identification techniques (by Johnson, Jr., Charles C.), p829-835; 89. Further analysis of talkers with similar sounding voices (by Rothman, Howard B.), p837-846; 90. Preliminary data on dialect in speech disguise (by Tate, Donna A.), p847-850; 91. An objective method of voice identification (by Tosi, Oscar), p851-861; 92. J. The teaching of phonetics; 93. Phonetics and second language teaching in Africa (by Bennett, F.O.), p865-870; 94. teaching beginning phonetics in the united states: some basic considerations (by Brown, Jacqueline L.), p871-875; 95. Non-english phone imitation and general academic and IPA transcription performance by monolingual adults (by Haller, Raphael M.), p877-881; 96. the teaching of english phonetics in the U.S.A.: issues related to speech pathology and theatre (by Lawrence, Telete Zorayda), p883-889; 97. the teaching of english phonetics in the U.S.A.: foreign dialects (by O'Brien, Audrey), p891-892; 98. Teaching phonetics in the voice and diction course (by Owens, Betty R.), p893-898; 99. The teaching of english phoneetics in the United states (by Singh, Sadanah), p899-903; 100. A perception test as a diagnostic tool in teaching german pronunciation (by Weiss, Rudolf), p905-916; 101. K. Children's speech and language acquisition; 102. Development of 'nuclear accent' marking in children's phrases (by Allen, George D.), p919-926; 103. Trochaic rhythm in children's speech (by Allen, George D.), p927-933; 104. Supraglottal air pressure variations associated with consonant productions by children (by Brown, Jr., W.S.), p935-944; 105. An indicator of the onset of puberty in males (by Doherty, E. Thomas), p945-953; 106. Some competencies influencing phoneme acquisition in children (by Haller, Raphael M.), p955-960; 107. Timing relationships and strategies used by normal speaking children in the self-regulation of speaking rate (by Healy, E. Charles), p961-966; 108. What the child's perception of the word-final obstruent cognates tells us about hiss perceptual mastery of english phonology (by Williamson Higgs, Jo Ann), p967-976; 109. A right ear effect for auditory feedback contro of children's newly- acquired phonemes (by Manning, Walter H.), p977-984; 110. An examination of the articulatory acquisition of swedisch phonemes (by Ritterman, Stuart I.), p985-996; 111. Observer reliability in making impressionistic judgments of early vocalization (by Stockman, Ida J.), p997-1008; 112. Interference and the persistence of articulatory responses (by Winitz, Harris), p1009-1016; 113. L. Special issues in phonetics; 114. Transcription of the american /r/ (by Allen, George D.), p1019-1025; 115. Alphabets, orthographies, and the influence of social historical factors (by Baitchura, Uzbek), p1027-1037; 116. Visible speech Cues and sndhi variation rules in french (by Belasco, Simon), p1039-1052; 117. Effects of masking on subvocal speech and short-term memory (by Hamre, Curt), p1053-1056; 118. The effects of masking on apraxia: evidence from spectrographic data (by Hamre, Curt), p1057-1063; 119. Experiments and observation made using a real-time spectrum analyzer (RTA): One formant vowels and formant merger (by Iivonen, Antti), p1065-1074; 120. Speech synthesis by rule using the fove program (by Ingeman, Frances), p1075-1084; 121. On the history of quantity in germanic (by Liberman, Anatoly), p1085-1090; 122. Automatic location of stressed syllabels in french (by Martin, Philippe), p1091-1094; 123. Acoustic cues and consonant clusters (by Parker, Frank), p1095-1104; 124. Phonetic and interdisciplinary new perspectives in paralinguistic studies (by Poyatos, Fernando), p1105-1116; 125. Interactions between intensity glides and frequency glissandos (by Rossi, Mario), p1117-1130; 126. La fusion des voyelles en frontieres inter-syntagmatiques et intra-syntagmatiques (by Santerre, Laurent), p1131-1138; 127. Speculations on an contact-induced phonological change in gallo-italian (by Saunders, Gladys E.), p1139-1147; 128. A short memory strategy with distinctive features (by Stewart, James Monroe), p1149-1159; 129. The analysis of the combinations of distinctive sounds (by Tataru, Ana), p1161-1170; 130. La spectrographie et la segmantation acoustique au service de la poetique experimetale: Des analyses fondees sur le dictionnaire de poetique et de rhetorique de Henri Morrier (ed. de 1975) (by Vater, Sibylle), p1171-1185; 131. Prosodic features and speech acts (by Voroniuc, Areta), p1187-1196