Certain properties of responses are aversive to others and likely to bring punishment. Among these are too loud a voice, a rasping tone, undue sibilance, heavy alliteration, singsong, and such defective execution as bad spelling, stuttering, or incompleteness. (p. 373)
Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition. Chapter 15: Self-Editing. Quote 9
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