On the focus, scope, and coherence of the study of human symbolic activity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9240338 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gary Cronkhite (Indiana University Bloomington, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 231-246 |
| Publication date | 1986-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quarterly Journal of Speech (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-5630 • E-ISSN: 1479-5779 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00335638609383771 |
| OpenAlex | W1964697174 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 16 |
The clearest focus of our discipline is human symbolic activity; its scope in practice includes little if anything that is not related to that activity; and its coherence can be achieved by recognition that the study of human symbolic activity is its distinguishing feature. Such recognition would demarcate a domain in which we may profess expertise without straining the credulity of academic administrators or offending the territoriality of those in related disciplines, and it would help to resolve the excessive controversy that presently rages among our various research perspectives
Cognitive science · Coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Focus (optics) · Psychoanalysis · Scope (computer science) · Sociology · Symbolic data analysis · The Symbolic · Action Observation and Synchronization · Computer Science · Engineering · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology · Theoretical Computer Science
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,24 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 2018 (30) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |