Book contents
- The Study of Speech Processes
- The Study of Speech Processes
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Introducing a Fundamental Problem of Language Science
- Part I Questions of Ontology: Writing and the Speech–Language Divide
- Part II Questions of Epistemology: The Role of Instrumental Observations
- Part III The Structure of Speech Acts
- Part IV The Processing of Speech Meaning
- References
- Index
Introducing a Fundamental Problem of Language Science
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 January 2021
Book contents
- The Study of Speech Processes
- The Study of Speech Processes
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Introducing a Fundamental Problem of Language Science
- Part I Questions of Ontology: Writing and the Speech–Language Divide
- Part II Questions of Epistemology: The Role of Instrumental Observations
- Part III The Structure of Speech Acts
- Part IV The Processing of Speech Meaning
- References
- Index
Summary
Several authors express doubts that the ongoing accumulation of data in language research will ever coalesce into a coherent theory of spoken language. Some point to a basic problem: there is an ontological incommensurability between basic concepts of language analysis and observations. What is the source of this incommensurabilty? More importantly, why does such a problem persist despite advances in instrumental techniques extending to neuroimaging?
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- The Study of Speech ProcessesAddressing the Writing Bias in Language Science, pp. 1 - 10Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021