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All that we have to do is to pick them out of the dictionary and string them in the right order.... (p.68)

— Colin Cherry On Human Communication (1957)

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not communication in the sense we are adopting here, and does not raise the same subtle and difficult questions. What "goods" do we exchange when we send messages to one another?

The dictionary definition of communication [...] includes the communication of goods and supplies. [...] But transport of goods is not communication in the sense we are adopting here, and does not raise the same subtle and difficult questions. What "goods" do we exchange when we send messages to one another?

On Human Communication (1957)

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