Abstract
Linguistic symbols turn environmental stimuli into objects of consciousness, according to George Herbert Mead (1934) and Berger and Luckmann (1966). Symmetry of symbol meanings between symbol-user and listeners enables individuals to communicate subjective experiences from one to another and fosters joint participation in an intersubjective world of socially constructed reality.
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© 2010 Neil J. MacKinnon and David R. Heise
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MacKinnon, N.J., Heise, D.R. (2010). Cultural Theories of People. In: Self, Identity, and Social Institutions. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230108493_2
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