The Music of Speech: Pitch and Poetry, 1977
(Shows how one word or sentence may imply several different meanings, just by varying pitch, stress, and voice quality. Features: Kenneth L. Pike, UM-Ling.)
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The Waves of Change, 1977
(Explains how language changes through "waves" which flow and merge. "Waves" can be new foreign words, speaking patterns, social experience, and behavior. Features: Kenneth L. Pike, UM-Ling.)
The Way We Know: The Value Theory of Linguist, 1977
(Pike's own theory, Tagmemics, is based on a series of components and concepts that tell us how words are arranged. Features: Kenneth L. Pike, UM-Ling.)