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1 online resource (xvi, 398 pages) Includes bibliographical references pt. 1. The analysis of speech: Phonetics -- Phonemics -- pt. 2. The history of writing and a dispute about reading: A psychological history of writing -- Methods of learning to read -- pt. 3. Reference and meaning -- pt. 4. Phonetic symbolism and metaphor -- pt. 5. The comparative psychology of linguistic reference: Animal languages; the bee, the jackdaw, the chimpanzee -- Talking birds -- Are animals capable of acquiring language? -- Feral and isolated man -- The wild boy of Aveyron -- Kamala and Amala -- pt. 6. The original word game -- pt. 7. Linguistic relativity and determinism: Cases of a name and the lack of a name -- pt. 8. Progressions and pathologies: Aphasia -- Schizophrenia -- pt. 9. Persuasion, expression, and propaganda: The contingent effectiveness of persuasion techniques -- Card stacking -- Band wagon -- Expressions of infants, animals, and adults -- pt. 10. Linguistic reference in psychology: The definition of stereotype -- pt. 11. Conclusions Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Repr

Author

Brown, Roger, 1925-1997

Publisher

Glencoe, Ill., Free Press

Published

1958

Language

EN

Subjects

Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Linguistics