Cumulative Record. Chapter 18: A Critique of Psychoanalytic Concepts and Theories. Quote 9

In spite of Freud’s valuable analysis of verbal slips and of the techniques of wit and verbal art, he rejected the possibility of an analysis of verbal behavior in its own right rather than as the expression of ideas, feelings, or other inner events, and therefore missed the importance of this field for the analysis of units of behavior and the conditions of their occurrence. (pp. 289-290)