1992/01/01 by Stanley B. Cunningham · 1 citation
Psychology · #Cognitive and psychological constructs research #Communication studies #Computer science #Construct (python library) #Epistemology #Human Behavior and Motivation #Interpersonal communication #Intrapersonal communication #Language, Metaphor, and Cognition #Law #Linguistics #Philosophy #Political science #Psychology #Realm #Social psychology #Social science #Sociology #Soundness #Value (mathematics)
paper · doi:10.1080/23808985.1992.11678829
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Intrapersonal communication (IaC) is regularly invoked as a distinctive form of communication. This chapter critically examines IaC to see whether or not it really has any distinctive value in the realm of communication theory. A first step is to identify representative descriptions of IaC and the settings in which they occur. This is followed by a sequence of criticisms that probe the soundness of the IaC construct. What emerges is that IaC appears to rest upon a mixture of linguistic improprieties and some highly dubious inferences. If IaC is to remain on the books, its theorists will have to answer some daunting questions.