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All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysuru
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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. - Berlin, Springer, 1963. - vii, 210 p. illus., diagrs. 24 cm. - Kommunikation und Kybernetik in Einzeldarstellungen, Bd. 2 .

Bibliography: p. [193]-205.

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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Structural linguistics.
Information theory.

P121 / .M26 1963a

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