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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?

— Colin Cherry

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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)

On Human Communication (1957)

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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