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... sonic messages . In partic- ular , these laws govern the structuring of the ... material implies a priori no memory from one symbol to another , no ... sonic symbols . However , in the evolution of one sonic object , the ...
... sonic messages . In partic- ular , these laws govern the structuring of the ... material implies a priori no memory from one symbol to another , no ... sonic symbols . However , in the evolution of one sonic object , the ...
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... sonic objects or speech ( for example , Sonagraph ; see Potter et al . , 1947 ) may change this state of affairs and may give the esthetician a visual and colored repre- sentation of the complete sonic material , stripped of all ...
... sonic objects or speech ( for example , Sonagraph ; see Potter et al . , 1947 ) may change this state of affairs and may give the esthetician a visual and colored repre- sentation of the complete sonic material , stripped of all ...
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... material and its or- ganization . The principal method used was the Gedanken experi- ment . On the basis of a viewpoint , suggested by information theory , we attempted to " picture " the sonic phenomenon in a way as dif- ferent as ...
... material and its or- ganization . The principal method used was the Gedanken experi- ment . On the basis of a viewpoint , suggested by information theory , we attempted to " picture " the sonic phenomenon in a way as dif- ferent as ...
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