%0 Journal Article
%T Bloomfield and Skinner: Speech-Community, Functions of Language, and Scientific Activity
%A Maria de Lourdes R. da F. Passos (UFRJ)
%J Journal of Speech and Language Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis
%D 2007
%I Journal of Speech and Language Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis
%X The approaches of Bloomfield and Skinner on the topics of speech-community, functions of language, and language and scientific activity are characterized; a comparative analysis follows; and approximations between the two authors are pointed out. The most important approximations are the verbal community as the ultimate source of language; the main function of language of obtaining practical effects in the world; the characterization of aconsiderable part of scientific activity as verbal; and the scientific activity as being deeply committed with successful action. The difference found is related to the subject matter: Bloomfield describes the system of the language of the community, and Skinner does the functional analysis of the repertoire of the individual.
%K Bloomfield
%K Skinner
%K verbal behavior
%K speech-community
%K functions of language
%K scientific activity.
%U http://www.slp-aba.com/SLP-ABA-1-4--2-1.pdf