Introduction

1-7

Signs and symbols

The linguistic sign

8-17

The communication process

17-29

Preliminary expression analysis

acoustic and physiological variables. information

30-66

Segmentation. forms of expression. oppositions and distinctions. paradigmatic structures

66-96

Redundancy and relevancy

levels of abstraction

96-117

The distinctive feature concept

the binary choice

117-127

Syntagmatic structures

distribution and probability

128-146

Content analysis

147-159

The functions of language

159-164

Perception and linguistic interpretation

164-172

Primitive structures and defective language

172-178

Linguistic change

Roman Jakobson

178-192