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Language and the Self: An Expanded View from a Symbolic Interactionist Perspective *
Author(s) -
Schwalbe Michael L.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
symbolic interaction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.874
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1533-8665
pISSN - 0195-6086
DOI - 10.1525/si.1983.6.2.291
Subject(s) - symbolic interactionism , performative utterance , perspective (graphical) , interactionism , embodied cognition , transformative learning , action (physics) , neglect , sociology , the symbolic , epistemology , psychology , linguistics , social psychology , computer science , psychoanalysis , developmental psychology , social science , artificial intelligence , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , psychiatry
Language and the self are two of the most important elements in Mead's account of human development and action. Despite the importance of language and the self to symbolic interactionism, little attention has been devoted to exploring their interrelationhip, either theoretically or empirically. Some reasons for this neglect are suggested. By merging Mead's view of language and the self with a functional linguistic perspective new possibilities are displayed for expanding our understanding of this relationship. These are developed by considering the: a) ontogenetic, b) categorical, c) expressive, d) performative, and e) transformative aspects of the interrelationship between language and the self.