Bloomfield Skinner Analysis
Comparing the similarities of Bloomfield and skinner toward behavioristic view
Introduction
Previous studies like (Matos & Passos, 2004, 2006; Passos & Matos, 1998) show that Leonard Bloomfield's conceptions of phoneme and analogy and skinners verbal behavior has some similarities. This paper examines the similarities of Bloomfield and skinners works.
Leonard Bloomfield (1887-1949) is one of the most prominent American linguists of the first half of the twentieth century he was a major influence in the shift of linguistics from comparative study of languages to the description of the structure of languages in the 20th century.
Bloomfield established the school of thought that has come to be known as American structural linguistics, which …show more content…
Technically, meanings are to be found among the independent variables in a functional account, rather than as properties of the dependent variable’’ (1957, pp. 13–14).
There are some similarities between Bloomfield and skinner in their perspective to the conception of meaning.
1. Both reject mentalist view of meaning and nonphysical process.
2. Both believe in a physicist conception of meaning, which is consequent events that relates to speech.
3. Both consider the all events of the world, , as complex situations that analysis of them is difficult for linguists.
4. Both claim that the analysis of the world is arbitrary, and is based on the conventions of verbal community.
Also, we can mention that Bloomfield’s theory of distinctive features of meaning is similar to Skinner’s conception of the control of behavior by properties of the stimulus. Both of these refer to common elements situations in which the speech form or verbal behavior happens and how these common elements control the speech form. A difference between the two authors is that Skinner does not use the term
Introduction
Previous studies like (Matos & Passos, 2004, 2006; Passos & Matos, 1998) show that Leonard Bloomfield's conceptions of phoneme and analogy and skinners verbal behavior has some similarities. This paper examines the similarities of Bloomfield and skinners works.
Leonard Bloomfield (1887-1949) is one of the most prominent American linguists of the first half of the twentieth century he was a major influence in the shift of linguistics from comparative study of languages to the description of the structure of languages in the 20th century.
Bloomfield established the school of thought that has come to be known as American structural linguistics, which …show more content…
Technically, meanings are to be found among the independent variables in a functional account, rather than as properties of the dependent variable’’ (1957, pp. 13–14).
There are some similarities between Bloomfield and skinner in their perspective to the conception of meaning.
1. Both reject mentalist view of meaning and nonphysical process.
2. Both believe in a physicist conception of meaning, which is consequent events that relates to speech.
3. Both consider the all events of the world, , as complex situations that analysis of them is difficult for linguists.
4. Both claim that the analysis of the world is arbitrary, and is based on the conventions of verbal community.
Also, we can mention that Bloomfield’s theory of distinctive features of meaning is similar to Skinner’s conception of the control of behavior by properties of the stimulus. Both of these refer to common elements situations in which the speech form or verbal behavior happens and how these common elements control the speech form. A difference between the two authors is that Skinner does not use the term