人类言语的产生、演化和形成主要基于类人猿到人类的演化过程中发音器官的进化，它包括人类直立行走以后声道的弯曲和喉头发声器官的形成，而喉头的形成和发展奠定了现代人类言语声源的重要基础。现代言语声学理论认为，言语的产生主要包括嗓音声源和声道共鸣两个部分，语音．学称为“发声”和“调音”。其中，嗓音声源在生理上对应于声带的振动方式。因此，对声带振动和动态声门类型的研究直接涉及到人类自然言语交际、言语工程、言语病理、司法语音、嗓音声乐等言语领域的基础理论问题。
在我国的宋代，人们已经对嗓音声源有了深刻的认识，沈括在他的著作《梦溪笔谈》第十三卷中就记录了当时人们对言语嗓音声源的认识、人造喉的制造和在法庭上的应用。然而，从语音学研究的发展历程上看，人们对语音的科学研究主要在语音的调音方面，而对语言的发声研究很少。随着人们对世界各地语言研究的深入，不同的发声类型被发现，特别是中国境内的民族语言中发现了许多不同的发声类型。但声带的隐蔽性使人们很难直接观察声带的振动方式，从而难以**描述和研究嗓音的不同发声类型，这在很大程度上阻碍了语言发声类型的研究。计算机和高速数字成像技术的发展，使得人们直到近年来才有

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgement
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Aim of This Book
1.2 Study of Vocal Vibration through High-Speed Motion Picture
1.3 Anatomy of Larynx
1.4 Contents of This Book
Chapter 2 Image Processing and Parameter Extraction
2.1 Image Processing
2.1.1 Parameters of HSDI System and File Formats
2.1.2 Subjects and Samples
2.1.3 Image Contrast Adjustment, Rotation and Cropping
2.1.4 Glottal Area Detection
2.1.5 Image Shift Adjustment
2.2 Parameter Extraction
2.2.1 Types of Dynamic Glottis
2.2.2 Modes of Parameter Extraction
2.2.3 Parameter Extraction
2.3 Accuracy of Signal Processing and Detection of Phonation Types
Chapter 3 Modal Voices
3.1 Modal Voice
3.1.1 Case 1 (niimi601)
3.1.2 Case 2 (kaku01)
3.1.3 Case 3 (konn01)
3.1.4 Case 4 (kyu05)
3.1.5 Case 5 (tou02)
3.1.6 Case 6 (kudo01)
3.1.7 Case 7 (mats01)
3.1.8 Case 8 Processed in Leakage Mode (kimu01)
3.1.9 Case 8 Processed in Open Mode (kimu01)
3.2 Modal Voice with High and Low Pitches
3.2.1 Case 9 (konn02)
3.2.2 Case 10 Processed in Leakage Mode (kaku02)
3.2.3 Case 10 Processed in Open Mode (kaku02)
3.2.4 Case 11 Processed in Leakage Mode (kimu02)
3.2.5 Case 11 Processed in Open Mode (kimu02)
3.2.6 Case 12 (mats02)
3.2.7 Case 13 (yana03)
3.2.8 Case 14 (kaku04)
3.2.9 Case 15 (yana02)
3.2.10 Case 16 (iwamo03)
3.3 Properties of Modal Voices
3.3.1 Properties of Modal Voice
3.3.2 Properties of Modal Voices with High and Low Pitches
Chapter 4 Special Voices
4.1 Falsetto and Vocal Fry
4.1.1 Case 17 (niim04)
4.1.2 Case 18 (kudo02)
4.1.3 Case 19 (kaku03)
4.1.4 Case 20 (mats03)
4.1.5 Case 21 (kimu03)
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Chapter 5 Voices with Gliding Pitch and in Tones of Mandarin
Chapter 6 Nature of Glottis
Chapter 7 Statistical Analysis
Chapter 8 Model of Dynamic Glottis
Chapter 9 Synthesis of Glottal Source
Chapter 10 Conclusions and Suggestions for Further Research
List of Figure
List of Table
Abbreviation
Bibliography

作者简介：
Mr. Kong Jiangping obtained his bachelor degree of 'English Language and Literature' at Zhengzhou University in 1981, his master degree of 'Linguistics and Phonetics' at the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 1988, and his PhD degree of 'Language Engineering' at the Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong in 2001. From 2003, he worked as a professor of phonetics at the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University. His research interests cover phonation types of languages, models of speech voice quality and oral cultural phenomenon in China. His book On Language Phonation (in Chinese) was published in 2001.