Publications

Publication details [#8903]

Skinner, B. Fred. 1957. Verbal behavior. Prentice-Hall. viii + 478 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
behaviorism | human communication | stimulus-response

Annotation

A general sketch of a behavioristic theory of verbal behavior. The basic principles of the theory depend on Stimulus-Response chains, control and manipulation. From this point of view, various aspects of linguistic behavior and its structure and functioning are approached.

Reviewed by

Chomsky, Noam. 1959. Review of $Verbal behavior.

Translations

Holzer, Horst and Karl Steinbacher. 1972. Die behavioristische Position: B.F. Skinner, Eine funktionale Analyse des Sprachverhaltens. In Holzer, Horst and Karl Steinbacher, eds. Sprache und Gesellschaft. Hoffman und Campe. pp. 46–59.

Reprints

Jakobovits, Leon A. and Muray S. Miron. 1967. In Jakobovits, Leon A. and Muray S. Miron, eds. Readings in the psychology of language. Prentice-Hall. pp. 128–141.