In B . F . Skinner's " Verbal Behaviour " ( 1957 ), he suggested that the successful use of a sign, such as a word or lexical unit, given a certain stimulus, empiricist theories of language acquisition include the statistical learning theory.
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"' Blake's Leutha represents'Protestant speech'& mdash; an association achieved partly through the pun on'Luther', but mainly through her own verbal behaviours in Blake's prophetic poems, where she manifests'Protestant'modes of speech such as public self-scrutiny, self-exaggeration, confession, and plain-spokenness ."
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He is best known for his detailed analyses of nonverbal communication which has featured in a large number of academic articles and books including Talk : An Analysis of Speech and Non-Verbal Behaviour in Conversation ( Open University Press ), The Psychology of Language and Communication ( Psychology Press ), and Visible Thought : The New Psychology of Body Language ( Routledge ).