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Speech Sounds and Phonetics: Foundational Questions

This volume of The Science of Language approaches Speech Sounds and Phonetics from the standpoint of 'Foundational Questions'. It emphasizes how to pose a defined interpretive problem and provides a structured route to a critical reading supported by attributable textual or cultural evidence.

PublisherLighthouse Books, Delaware, USA
Universal Book ID14001
SubjectSpeech Sounds and Phonetics
DisciplineLiterature & Languages
Publication TypeMonograph
LanguageEnglish
CategoryThe Science of Language / academic study
TagsSpeech Sounds and Phonetics

Table of Contents

Introduction — Speech Sounds and Phonetics: Foundational Questions (The Science of Language)
1. Defining the Cultural or Textual Question — an inquiry into speech sounds and phonetics
2. Key Terms and Conceptual Boundaries — the implications of foundational questions
3. Historical and Social Context — evidence surrounding speech sounds and phonetics
4. The Primary Material and Its Sources — a case framed by foundational questions
5. A Close Reading of Speech Sounds and Phonetics
6. The Foundational Questions Method
7. Comparative Perspectives — evidence surrounding speech sounds and phonetics
8. Evidence for Interpretation — a case framed by foundational questions
9. Competing Scholarly Arguments — an inquiry into speech sounds and phonetics
10. Power, Language, and Social Meaning — the implications of foundational questions
11. A More Complex Case — evidence surrounding speech sounds and phonetics
12. Guided Analytical Exercises — a case framed by foundational questions
13. Limits, Translations, and Attribution — an inquiry into speech sounds and phonetics
14. Further Critical Reading — the implications of foundational questions
Conclusion — Synthesis, Limitations, and Further Study