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The Basic Unit of Human Communication

The basic unit of human communication is an assertion in its historic context of actually being propounded by a real agent. Continue reading

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A Taxonomy of Human Communication

The purpose for this paper is to further clarify understanding of human communication. The main assertion is that all human communication may usefully be seen to belong to three and only three types: disclosure, directive, and description Continue reading

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