The Influence of Bloomfield's Linguistics on Skinner
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| Title: | The Influence of Bloomfield's Linguistics on Skinner |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Passos, Maria de Lourdes R. da F., Matos, Maria Amelia |
| Source: | Behavior Analyst. Fall 2007 30(2):133-151. |
| Availability: | Association for Behavior Analysis International. 1219 South Park Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49001. Tel: 269-492-9310; Fax: 269-492-9316; e-mail: mail@abainternational.org; Web site: http://www.abainternational.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
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| Page Count: | 19 |
| Publication Date: | 2007 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Education Level: | Adult Education |
| Descriptors: | Scientific Methodology, Componential Analysis, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Bibliometrics, Psycholinguistics, Verbal Communication, Intellectual History, Review (Reexamination), Cognitive Style, Individual Differences, Rhetorical Criticism, Correlation |
| ISSN: | 0738-6729 |
| Abstract: | Bloomfield's "Linguistics as a Science" (1930/1970), "Language" (1933/1961), and "Language or Ideas?" (1936a/1970), and Skinner's "Verbal Behavior" (1957) and "Science and Human Behavior" (1953) were analyzed in regard to their respective perspectives on science and scientific method, the verbal episode, meaning, and subject matter. Similarities between the two authors were found. In particular both asserted that (a) the study of language must be carried out through the methods of science; (b) the main function of language is to produce practical effects on the world through the mediation of a listener; and (c) a physicalist conception of meaning. Their differences concern the subject matter of their disciplines and their use of different models for the analysis of behavior. Bloomfield's linguistics and Skinner's functional analysis of verbal behavior are complementary approaches to language. (Contains 1 table and 10 footnotes.) |
| Abstractor: | Author |
| Number of References: | 68 |
| Entry Date: | 2008 |
| Access URL: | https://www.abainternational.org/Journals/view.asp?table=TBA&id=803 |
| Accession Number: | EJ790979 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Bloomfield's "Linguistics as a Science" (1930/1970), "Language" (1933/1961), and "Language or Ideas?" (1936a/1970), and Skinner's "Verbal Behavior" (1957) and "Science and Human Behavior" (1953) were analyzed in regard to their respective perspectives on science and scientific method, the verbal episode, meaning, and subject matter. Similarities between the two authors were found. In particular both asserted that (a) the study of language must be carried out through the methods of science; (b) the main function of language is to produce practical effects on the world through the mediation of a listener; and (c) a physicalist conception of meaning. Their differences concern the subject matter of their disciplines and their use of different models for the analysis of behavior. Bloomfield's linguistics and Skinner's functional analysis of verbal behavior are complementary approaches to language. (Contains 1 table and 10 footnotes.) |
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| ISSN: | 0738-6729 |
