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¹Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

The Analysis of Verbal Behavior

|April 6, 2012

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This paper expands on Mabry's (1993) analysis of Skinner's (1957) grammar, introducing a behavior-analytic explanation for structure dependence in verbal behavior.

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Area of Science:

Psycholinguistics
Behavioral Psychology
Linguistics

Background:

Mabry (1993) evaluated Skinner's (1957) grammar theory against cognitivist perspectives, finding Skinner's approach superior.
However, Mabry's analysis overlooked structure dependence, a key aspect of grammatical behavior.
Structure dependence is central to Chomsky's critique of Skinner's verbal behavior theory.

Discussion:

This paper addresses the omission of structure dependence in Mabry's (1993) comparative analysis.
It proposes a behavior-analytic framework for understanding structure dependence.
Integrating structure dependence is crucial for advancing functional analyses of verbal behavior.

Key Insights:

Skinner's (1957) theory of grammar requires a behavior-analytic explanation for structure dependence.
Structure dependence is a critical feature for comparing behaviorist and cognitivist accounts of language.
A behavior-analytic approach to structure dependence can bridge the gap between different theoretical perspectives.

Outlook:

Further development of behavior-analytic explanations for structure dependence is needed.
This work aims to facilitate a more unified understanding of verbal behavior.
Future research should integrate functional analyses with linguistic phenomena like structure dependence.