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Peer reviewedCronkhite, Gary – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1986
Asserts that the distinguishing focus of the communication discipline is symbolic activity. Suggests that wide recognition of this focus, its scope and coherence would help to resolve important discipline-related controversies. (MS)
Descriptors: Coherence, Intellectual Disciplines, Language Usage, Linguistic Theory
Golson, Emily Becker; Kirscht, Judith – 1983
According to S. K. Langer, people create meaning through presentational and discursive symbolism. Presentational symbolism, Langer suggests, is an abstracted sense of experienced life, while discursive symbolism is a series of subordinating or coordinating positions that set in motion the relation of ideas and permits the discussion of causation.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Language Usage, Learning Theories
