Background: The function of research -- Research and the field of speech since 1900 -- Theory: Ways of knowing -- The method of science -- Science and the nature of knowledge about speech -- Theory and explanation in speech -- Method: Creativity -- Scholarship in speech -- The historical method -- The writing of history -- Rhetorical and dramatic criticism -- The empirical method: general considertions -- Quantification and statistics -- Induction and experimental design -- Collecting data -- Planning, conducting and reporting empirical -- Research in perspective

1. Communication -- Research