PERSPECTIVES ON THE EDINBURGH STUDY OF SPEECH BREATHING

This article offers critical perspectives on the Edinburgh study of sp eech breathing reported in this journal (Draper, Ladefoged, & Whitteri dge, 1959) and elsewhere (Draper, Ladefoged, & Whitteridge, 1960; Lade foged, Draper, & Whitteridge, 1958). These perspectives concern: (a) e rrors in establishing a backdrop of mechanical information; (b) discre pancies between data and statements about them; (c) counterpredictive features between data and other knowledge about breathing; and (d) ina dequacies in acquiring, portraying, and interpreting electromyographic information relative to the muscular contributions of different parts of the breathing apparatus.