This episode covers the Fourth Edition Task List items D-09: Use the verbal operants as a basis for language assessment. In order to discuss that, I first discuss FK-43 - FK-46, which covers echoics, mands, tacts, and intraverbals. If you want more information on verbal behavior, check out Ch. 25 of the 2nd edition of the Cooper et al. text. 

Helpful visuals in the 2nd edition of the Cooper et al. text:
Page 529 - Table 25.1: Plain English Definitions of Skinner's Six Elementary Verbal Operants.
Page 532 - Table 25.2: Antecedent and Consequent Controlling Variables for Six Elementary Verbal Operants.
Page 534 - Figure 25.1 : Verbal behavior classification chart. 

References:
Cooper, J. O., Heron, T. E., & Heward, W. L. (2007). Applied behavior analysis (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

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