One type of descriptive autoclitic informs the listener of the kind of verbal operant it accompanies. If the speaker is reading a newspaper and remarks I see it is going to rain, the I see informs the listener that it is going to rain is emitted as a textual response. (p. 315)
Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition. Chapter 12: The Autoclitic. Quote 19
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