Rethinking Context: Language as an Interactive Phenomenon (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Rethinking Context: Language as an Interactive Phenomenon (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language) Book

The essays in this collection, written by many of the leading figures in the social sciences, critically re-examine the concept of context from different perspectives and propose new ways of thinking about it with reference to specific human activities.Read More

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    The past decade has seen a fundamental rethinking of the concept of context. Rather than functioning solely as a constraint on linguistic performance, context is now analyzed as a product of language use. Language and context are seen as interactively defined phenomena. The essays in this collection, written by many of the leading figures in the social sciences, critically reexamine the concept of context from a variety of different angles and propose new ways of thinking about it with reference to specific human activities such as face-to-face interaction, radio talk, medical diagnosis, political encounters and socialization practices. The editors have provided introductions to each essay as well as a general overview of the issues under debate.

  • 0521422884
  • 9780521422888
  • 21 May 1992
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 363
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