At First Acoustics Attributed To The Different

At First Acoustics Attributed To The Different Sounds Only A Limited Number Of Characteristic Features.

Languages Differ Essentially In What They Must Convey And Not In What They May Convey.

When I Speak It Is In Order To Be Heard.

Speech Sounds Cannot Be Understood, Delimited, Classified And Explained Except In The Light Of The Tasks Which They Perform In Language.

The Search For The Symbolic Value Of Phonemes, Each Taken As A Whole, Runs The Risk Of Giving Rise To Ambiguous And Trivial Interpretations Because Phonemes Are Complex Entities, Bundles Of Different Distinctive Features.