The Mechanism of Speech - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Wolfgang Von Kempelen, Bert Vaux (Editor), Rivka Hyland (Editor)Publish date:2022-04-14Pages:218
Language:EnglishPublisher:Resource Publications (CA)ISBN-13:9781725261846ISBN-10:1725261847UPC:9781725261846Book Category:Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:LinguisticsBook Topic:Historical & Comparative, Phonetics & PhonologySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.46 inchesWeight:0.6614Product ID:SCAMW3GFXN
The Mechanism of Speech
In the late eighteenth century Hungarian inventor Wolfgang von Kempelen, inspired by the success of his Mechanical Turk, which purported to be an automaton capable of playing chess, set out to create a machine that could actually speak, simulating the organs of speech by means of a series of bellows, pipes, and valves. His narrative of his efforts, together with a typically Enlightenment-era...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Resource Publications (CA)ISBN-13:9781725261846ISBN-10:1725261847UPC:9781725261846Book Category:Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:LinguisticsBook Topic:Historical & Comparative, Phonetics & PhonologySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.46 inchesWeight:0.6614Product ID:SCAMW3GFXN
Wolfgang von Kempelen (full name Johann Wolfgang Ritter von Kempelen de Pázmánd, 1734-1804) was a Hungarian writer and polymath, best known for his creation of the (supposedly) chess-playing Mechanical Turk and the speaking machine.
Bert Vaux is Professor of Phonology and Morphology at Cambridge University and a fellow of King's College, Cambridge.
Rivka Brod Hyland is a Rhodes Scholar and a...
Bert Vaux is Professor of Phonology and Morphology at Cambridge University and a fellow of King's College, Cambridge.
Rivka Brod Hyland is a Rhodes Scholar and a...
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Wolfgang Von Kempelen, Bert Vaux (Editor), Rivka Hyland (Editor)
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