Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition. Chapter 14: Composition and Its Effects. Quote 3

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Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition. Chapter 14: Composition and Its Effects. Quote 3

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Some simple sentences are generated simply by adding autoclitics to available verbal operants. (p. 345)

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