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Peer reviewedWiddison, Kirk A. – Language & Communication, 1997
Notes that few phonemes exhibit greater variance in the membership of phonemes that make up an equivalency class than the phoneme represented by /r/. Points out that the relationship between the auditory features of the speech signal and phonetic classification provides insight into a language's encoding and decoding system. (23 references)…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Auditory Stimuli, Language Patterns, Language Variation
Peer reviewedSchiffrin, Deborah – Language & Communication, 1997
Illustrates the interdependence between theory and method by showing how the methods underling even a relatively simple analysis of discourse are imbued with theoretical import. Focuses on two methodological decisions that are a standard part of the set of discourse analytic tools: what is context and what is the unit of analysis? (39 references)…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Decision Making, Discourse Analysis, Ethnography
