Gunnar Fant

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Gunnar Fant was a pioneering Swedish speech scientist and phonetician renowned for his foundational work on the acoustic theory of speech production.

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instanceOf human
phonetician
speech scientist
awardReceived ASA Gold Medal in Acoustics NERFINISHED
Humboldt Research Award NERFINISHED
IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth Sweden
countryOfCitizenship Sweden
dateOfBirth 1919-10-08
dateOfDeath 2009-06-23
educatedAt Royal Institute of Technology NERFINISHED
employer KTH Royal Institute of Technology NERFINISHED
Royal Institute of Technology NERFINISHED
familyName Fant NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork acoustics
phonetics
speech acoustics
speech production
speech science
givenName Gunnar NERFINISHED
hasAcademicDiscipline electrical engineering
linguistics
influenced modern speech analysis
modern speech synthesis
phonetic theory of speech production
knownFor acoustic theory of speech production
pioneering work in speech acoustics
source–filter theory of speech production
languageOfWorkOrName English
Swedish
memberOf Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences NERFINISHED
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
name Gunnar Fant NERFINISHED
nationality Swedish
notableStudent Björn Lindblom NERFINISHED
Johan Sundberg NERFINISHED
notableWork Acoustic Theory of Speech Production NERFINISHED
occupation engineer
researcher
university teacher
placeOfBirth Nyköping NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Lidingö NERFINISHED
positionHeld professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
publicationDateOfNotableWork 1960
sexOrGender male
workLocation Stockholm NERFINISHED

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Roman Jakobson coAuthor Gunnar Fant