THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHONOLOGY/PHONETICS AND PEDAGOGICAL AND SPEECH THERAPY ADVANCES IN THE 19TH CENTURY: THE TEACHING-LEARNING OF SPEECH TO THE DEAF AND DUMB

Abstract

Historically, Phonetics-Phonology is a discipline that has not only been at the service of theoretical speculation, but has also been linked to teacher training and speech therapy intervention. Specifically, in this study, the aim is to describe how the advances in the oral method for the deaf-mute population in the 19th century also meant advances in phonological theory. To this end, firstly, a brief description is given of the classical Greco-Latin works, which are the starting point of the history of Phonetics-Phonology. Secondly, a brief summary is given of the main phonetic/phonological contributions of the different grammarians of the 19th century. Within this historical context, some of the applications of this knowledge in the field of language teaching and speech therapy are also presented. Finally, we present the phonetic-phonological proposal of Pedro Cabello y Madurga, director of the Colegio Nacional de Sordomudos y Ciegos de Madrid, who developed a whole phonetic/phonological theory aimed at teaching speech to the deaf-mute population.