On the difference between verbal and nonverbal behavior

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2748469/

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https://doi.org/10.1007%2FBF03392809
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1986

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Catania, A. Charles. “On the Difference between Verbal and Nonverbal Behavior.” The Analysis of Verbal Behavior 4, no. 1 (April 1, 1986): 2–9. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392809.

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Abstract

Language theorists have often proposed lists of the defining properties of language. This account reviews some of these and offers as an alternative a three-item list consisting of instructional control, equivalence classes, and autoclitic processes.