Structural Linguistics and Human Communication

I. Signs and Symbols. The Linguistic Sign.- II. The Communication Process.- III. Preliminary Expression Analysis. Acoustic and Physiological Variables. Information.- IV. Segmentation. Forms of Expression. Oppositions and Distinctions. Paradigmatic Structures.- V. Redundancy and Relevancy. Levels of Abstraction.- VI. The Distinctive Feature Concept. The Binary Choice.- VII. Syntagmatic Structures. Distribution and Probability.- VIII. Content Analysis.- IX. The Functions of Language.- X. Perception and Linguistic Interpretation.- XI. Primitive Structures and Defective Language.- XII. Linguistic Change.- Bibliographical Notes.