Research in Verbal Behavior and Some Neurophysiological Implications
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1967
- Latest edition
- Editors: Kurt Salzinger, Suzanne Salzinger
- Language: English
Research in Verbal Behavior and Some Neurophysiological Implications focuses on varied approaches to the study of language, including verbal behavior in animals, mimicry,… Read more
Research in Verbal Behavior and Some Neurophysiological Implications focuses on varied approaches to the study of language, including verbal behavior in animals, mimicry, linguistics, and verbal satiation. The selection first offers information on verbal behavior in animals and dolphin's vocal mimicry as a unique ability and a way toward understanding. The book also ponders on the problem of response class in verbal behavior and verbal operant conditioning and awareness. Discussions focus on state of the organism as a determinant of response class, topography of response, common stimulus, and common effect. The publication takes a look at a behavioral basis for the polarity principle in linguistics, acquisition of grammar by children, and interdependencies of the bilingual's two languages. The manuscript also elaborates on verbal satiation and exploration of meaning relations and grammatical indicants of speaking style in normal and aphasic speakers. The selection is highly recommended for readers wanting to study verbal behavior.
Contents
List of Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Section I. Verbal Behavior: Facts and Theories
A. Verbal Behavior in Animals
Verbal Behavior and the Mynah Bird
Dolphin's Vocal Mimicry as a Unique Ability and a Step toward Understanding
B. Verbal Behavior as Operant Responses
The Problem of Response Class in Verbal Behavior
Verbal Operant Conditioning and Awareness
A Behavioral Basis for the Polarity Principle in Linguistics
C. Acquisition of Grammar and Meaning
Acquisition of Grammar by Children
The Interdependencies of the Bilingual's Two Languages
Emotions and Images in Language: A Learning Analysis of Their Acquisition and Function
D. Loss of Meaning and Grammar
The Study of Verbal or Semantic Satiation
Verbal Satiation and the Exploration of Meaning Relations
Grammatical Indicants of Speaking Style in Normal and Aphasic Speakers
Some Experimental Investigations of Language in Aphasia
E. The Place of Verbal Learning and Word Association in Current Studies of Language
Psycholinguistics and Verbal Learning
The Implications of Grammar for Word Associations
F. Psychophysical Experiments with Verbal Responses as Stimuli
Context and Other Determinants of Word Identification
Vocal Behavior as an Information Channel of Speaker Status
G. Temporal Aspects of Verbal Behavior
The Relationship between Temporal Aspects of Speech, the Structure of Language, and the State of the Speaker
A Stochastic Model of Speaker Switching in Natural Dialogue
Section II. Verbal Behavior as a Function of States of the Organism
Theory and Application of a Verbal Method of Measuring Transient Psychologic States
Group Discussion
Some Techniques for the Measurement of Changes in Verbal Communication
Close Analysis in the Evaluation of Central Determinants of Comprehensibility
Group Discussion
The Effects of Drugs on Speech: A Review
Effects of Drugs on Learning of Verbal Material
Vocal Measures and Drug Effects
Group Discussion
Section III. Neurophysiological Bases of Verbal Behavior
The Regulative Function of Speech in its Development and Dissolution
The Neural Basis of Language
Hypotheses Concerning the Functions of the Language Mechanism
Verbal Behavior: Some Points of Reference
Group Discussion
References
Author Index
Subject Index
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: January 1, 1967
- Language: English
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