The Psycho-Biology of Language: An Introdution to Dynamic Philology

by MIT Press and George K. Zipf

Book Overview

An investigation of speech as a form of behavior, examined in the manner of the exact sciences by the direct application of statistical principles to the objective speech-phenomena. The findings of an extensive investigation of the stream of speech which is viewed as but a series of communicative gestures, presented in such a manner that they will be readily available not only to the professional linguist, but to any serious reader interested in linguistic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262740028
• ISBN13: 9780262740029
• Release Date: August 1965
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher