Controversy and epistolary mediation in the construction of phonetic knowledge
Author
Editor
- Anders Eriksson
- Åsa Abelin
Summary, in English
As scientific knowledge grows, it often
engenders controversy. The aim of the
particular case of controversy studied here, in
a series of letters exchanged between two
phoneticians, is to capture vacillations of a
discipline (phonetics) and its “actants”
(phoneticians and their equipment), described
at a key moment in the history of the discipline
(an historical “turning point”), i.e. when
phonetic knowledge was still governed by what
one might call a “scientific regime of
uncertainty”.
engenders controversy. The aim of the
particular case of controversy studied here, in
a series of letters exchanged between two
phoneticians, is to capture vacillations of a
discipline (phonetics) and its “actants”
(phoneticians and their equipment), described
at a key moment in the history of the discipline
(an historical “turning point”), i.e. when
phonetic knowledge was still governed by what
one might call a “scientific regime of
uncertainty”.
Department/s
Publishing year
2012
Language
English
Pages
105-108
Publication/Series
[Host publication title missing]
Links
Document type
Conference paper
Publisher
The Authors and the Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and
Topic
- Languages and Literature
Keywords
- scientific knowledge
- controversy
- letters
- phonetics
- scientific regime of uncertainty
Conference name
FONETIK 2012
Conference date
2012-05-30 - 2012-06-01
Conference place
Gothenburg, Sweden
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 978-91-637-0985-2