Signs and voices: joining a conversation in progress.

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  • Author(s): Stiles WB;Stiles WB
  • Source:
    The British journal of medical psychology [Br J Med Psychol] 1997 Jun; Vol. 70 ( Pt 2), pp. 169-76.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: British Psychological Society Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0370640 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0007-1129 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00071129 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Br J Med Psychol Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Letchworth Eng : British Psychological Society
      Original Publication: London [etc.]
    • Subject Terms:
      Cognition* ; Interpersonal Relations* ; Linguistics* ; Nonverbal Communication*; Humans ; Object Attachment ; Psychological Theory ; Social Identification
    • Abstract:
      This commentary joins a conversation between Ryle and Leiman, which represents a larger conversation among theories of psychotherapy, semiotics and linguistics. The emerging collaborative understanding involves viewing people not as separate, unitary individuals but as mosaics or communities of different voices. The voices share their experiences by sign-mediated communication and engage in joint action. Projective identification may be considered as joint action mediated by non-verbal signs exchanged without awareness, in which the dyad becomes an effector for voices within both participants. The concepts of active voices and meaning-accumulating signs overcome the cognitive fallacy-the misleading notion that information in people is passive.
    • Number of References:
      35
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 19970601 Date Completed: 19970902 Latest Revision: 20190914
    • Publication Date:
      20221213
    • Accession Number:
      10.1111/j.2044-8341.1997.tb01896.x
    • Accession Number:
      9210993