Research in Verbal Behavior and Some Neurophysiological Implications

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 An