Phonology
* also provides a useful guide to the complex evolution of black-white speech relationships.
* branch of linguistics.
* constrains the mental orthographic representation.
* examines the way sounds are grouped together into systems in particular languages.
* has two levels.
* involves analyzing how sounds function in a given language or dialect.
* is concerned with the sounds of language
  - use of language elements such as vowel or consonant sounds
  - considered as a list of phonemes and allophones
  - divided into two sub-branches
  - part of linguistics, which is the scientific study of language
  - the sound system of a language and the rules of sound sequences that make up words
* is the study and identification of the meaningful sounds of a language
  - of biological rhythms
* is the study of how sounds are organized into unique systems for different languages
  - speech sounds are organized and how they function
  - the sound systems of a language interact with each other
  - speech sounds and their patterns in a given language
  - the discrete sounds of a language
* is the study of the sound patterns of language
  - systems of languages
  - unconscious rules governing speech-sound production
* looks for the sound system within a particular language.
* studies the sound system of human speech
  - systems in the world's languages

Prosperity
* also has profound effects on demographics
  - involves aspirations, choices and power
* can be a detriment to spiritual maturity
  - the crucible in which character is proved true or false
  - come at a high environmental and social price
* comes from economic growth, which is linked to globalisation and technical advances
  - the labor of workers, investment of savings and private enterprise
* depends on the ability to evolve with financial stability
  - turning a profit and having elite housing structures
* function of the ability to adapt to change.
* goes with freedom and order.
* is about both the quantity, as well as the quality of the American work effort
  - creating the feeling of success
* is an aberration between recessions
  - economic condition
  - created by productivity, by increasing value without increasing cost
  - good fortune
* is more than material wealth
  - monetary and material gain
  - now the defining characteristic of American society
  - often a greater test of our spiritual stability than adversity
  - supposed to mean well-being
  - that period between the last installment and the next purchase
* is the condition of having good success
  - natural outcome of creativity, which itself is born of inner peace and happiness
  - out-picturing of substance in our affairs
  - rational sense of hope against the suffering that is mere survival
  - real way to balance our budget
  - result of identifying and exploiting opportunity
  - spiritual birthright of all people and nations of the Earth
* lack of perfection without regret, because it is change ahead of necessity.
* leads to a cleaner environment and improved working conditions.
* matter of individual choice.
* means different things to different people
  - jobs, but also competitiveness on the world market
* mental and spiritual construct long before it becomes a physical reality.
* network of health centers, schools, practitioners, products, speakers and services.
* often comes with a price
  - leads to lower birth rates
* parent to peace, just as desperation feeds extremism and violence.
* relies on peace, and peace on reconciliation.
* result of respect for the needs of the consumers.
* seems to have returned after the decline of Kings and wars.
* sometimes bad thing for some people.
* tends to produce laxity and spiritual apathy in any age.
* usually promotes peace.

Parsimony
* crucial factor in scientific tests.
* is an ancient guide for inference
  - frugality
  - stinginess
* is the cause of capital
  - idea of stinginess
  - immediate cause of the increase of capital