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... structure , be- comes a barrier to communication . Listeners generally expect to under- stand quickly and easily . They cannot grasp the hidden structure of free association and become confused and irritated . It is for this reason that ...
... structure , be- comes a barrier to communication . Listeners generally expect to under- stand quickly and easily . They cannot grasp the hidden structure of free association and become confused and irritated . It is for this reason that ...
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... structure . A structural psychology is to - day outmoded as com- pletely as is the atomic physics of a generation ago . Matter is not something passively acted upon ; it is a very lively thing and its activity is inherent in its structure ...
... structure . A structural psychology is to - day outmoded as com- pletely as is the atomic physics of a generation ago . Matter is not something passively acted upon ; it is a very lively thing and its activity is inherent in its structure ...
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... structure is indirect , and must be so . From this it does not follow that material structure is illusion or less real than mind . The naturalist must be a practical realist - and so must everybody else , for if we do not adjust our ...
... structure is indirect , and must be so . From this it does not follow that material structure is illusion or less real than mind . The naturalist must be a practical realist - and so must everybody else , for if we do not adjust our ...
Contents
Preface Chapter 1 An Overview I | 1 |
The Mechanisms of Speech | 18 |
The Sound of Speech | 35 |
Copyright | |
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Speech: Code, Meaning, and Communication John Wilson Black,Wilbur Erwin Moore No preview available - 1973 |
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