The problems associated with the disciplinary status of speech communication stem from the absence of consensus on the appropriate classification of the field, inadequately specified properties of the concepts on which research is conducted, failure to develop a coherent organizational structure for assessing advances in knowledge, and undefined measures of utility.
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