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This paper is dedicated, with many thanks, to Steve and Linda Hayes, sabbatical hosts extraordinaire.
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Leigland, S. Is a New Definition of Verbal Behavior Necessary in Light of Derived Relational Responding?. BEHAV ANALYST 20, 3–9 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392757
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