The contingencies necessary for self-descriptive behavior are arranged by the community when it has reason to ask “What did you say?,” “Did you say that?,” “Why did you say that?,” and so on, for the answers are useful in many ways. (p. 314)
Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition. Chapter 12: The Autoclitic. Quote 13
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