When I Speak It Is In Order

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

Semantics, Or The Study Of Meaning, Remained Undeveloped, While Phonetics Made Rapid Progress And Even Came To Occupy The Central Place In The Scientific Study Of Language.

Every Linguistic Sign Is Located On Two Axes: The Axis Of Simultaneity And That Of Succession.

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.

When I Speak It Is In Order To Be Heard.