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All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysuru
(An Autonomous institute Under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.)

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Structural linguistics and human communication;

Malmberg, Bertil, 1913-

Structural linguistics and human communication; an introduction into the mechanism of language and the methodology of linguistics. - 2d rev. ed. - Berlin, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1967. - vii, 213 p. illus. 24 cm. - Kommunikation und Kybernetik Einzeldarstellungen, Bd. 2 .

Includes bibliographical references.

I. Signs and Symbols. The Linguistic Sign.- II. The Communication Process.- III. Preliminary Expression Analysis. Acoustic and Physiological Variables. Information.- IV. Segmentation. Forms of Expression. Oppositions and Distinctions. Paradigmatic Structures.- V. Redundancy and Relevancy. Levels of Abstraction.- VI. The Distinctive Feature Concept. The Binary Choice.- VII. Syntagmatic Structures. Distribution and Probability.- VIII. Content Analysis.- IX. The Functions of Language.- X. Perception and Linguistic Interpretation.- XI. Primitive Structures and Defective Language.- XII. Linguistic Change.- Bibliographical Notes.- Author Index.

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Language and languages.
Information theory.

P121 / .M26 1967

410.18 MAL