IN VIEW of the importance generally attributed to language in psychological development and function, the importance ascribed to communication difficulties in the genesis and maintenance of psychiatric Pathology, and the central role of communication, particularly verbal communication, in psychotherapy, the study of communication, language, and verbal behavior is of utmost significance, both to the academic scientist and to the clinician. Scanning the table of contents of almost any recent psychiatric journal discloses the interest and attention being given to language, communication, semantics, etc, in the etiology, pathogenesis, and treatment of psychiatric disturbance; eg: "Word Meaning in Parents of Schizophrenics,"1"Competing Voice Messages,"2"Language, Consciousness, and Experience,"3"Communicative Unclarity: Some Comments on the Rhetoric of Confusion."4To be sure, the nonverbal aspects of communication are still recognized, but even here there is often a linguistic tie-in: "Teaching the Perception