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Text and Context: A Problematic Distinction for Ethnograpers
Research on Language and Social Interaction (1998)
  • Kristine L. Fitch, University of Iowa
Abstract

Argues why text and context is a problematic distinction for ethnographers of communication. Diversity in the patterns and meanings of talk across speech communities; Differences of opinion between conversation analysis and the ethnography of speaking; Cultural code of communication; Discourse analytic approach to ethnography.

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Publication Date
1998
Citation Information
Kristine L. Fitch. "Text and Context: A Problematic Distinction for Ethnograpers" Research on Language and Social Interaction Vol. 31 Iss. 1 (1998)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kristine_munoz/12/