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A 4-page paper that discusses the consequences to social science research and practice because of Jeffrey Coulter's 1979 proposition that speech is often misconveyed and misunderstood. Coulter's argument is compared to that of Wittgenstein and modern theorists. Bibliography lists 3 sources. JVwitgen.rtf
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person is repeating someone elses words and not speaking for themselves. This is extremely significant in light of the fact that any type of erroneous assumption can be made
when based solely on speech, such as the diagnoses of mental illness, because of miscommunication between the parties, and the problem grows if a third party is involved, and so
on. The student may want to include the statement that Coulters (1990) well-known argument, called "latching," is found in the AB-XB argument
sequences. This is where one person (X) expresses a negative opinion from a second party (A) and a third party (B) agreeing with party (A). Coulters theory has
led to a problem concerning the meaning of speech. What this implies that science has long held the belief that language has a set of rules known by all
and that these rules are followed in speech, when, in fact, the research shows no correlation. Therefore, diagnoses like those for mental illness, are suspect.
Peter Boder (2001) in his review of Capps and Ochs "Constructing panic: The discourse of agoraphobia," writes that this deficit in understanding can be tied to body
language and sounds. He makes an example of everyday speech, suggesting that in conversation with another person, we think we are hearing something in the voice that isnt there.
For example, we could hear hatred or anger in someones voice, when in fact, this might be how that person expresses excitement. In that case, our interpretation of
the conversation is false. Because of this problem, the student may want to add, social scientists are now trying to define "talk-as-spoken-language" so
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