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Macrae, Don – Canadian Speech Communication Journal, 1972
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Information Theory, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Relationship

Timmis, John H., III – 1975
Symbolic interaction is the foundation for a theory of rhetoric developed in this paper. As manipulators of symbols, humans, unlike all other animals, use abstractions both to indicate (describe things present) and to represent (describe intangible things). Only human beings are capable of the elaborate systems of linguistic reference called…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Communication (Thought Transfer), Group Dynamics, Interaction Process Analysis