ABSTRACT
Intrapersonal communication (IaC) is regularly invoked as a distinctive form of communication. This chapter critically examines IaC to see whether or not it really has any distinctive value in the realm of communication theory. A first step is to identify representative descriptions of IaC and the settings in which they occur. This is followed by a sequence of criticisms that probe the soundness of the IaC construct. What emerges is that IaC appears to rest upon a mixture of linguistic improprieties and some highly dubious inferences. If IaC is to remain on the books, its theorists will have to answer some daunting questions.
