Context,a key concept in the field of sociolinguistics,pragmatics and ethnographicallyinspired studies of language use,is beyond a single,precise,generally accepted definition.After acritical review of some influentia...Context,a key concept in the field of sociolinguistics,pragmatics and ethnographicallyinspired studies of language use,is beyond a single,precise,generally accepted definition.After acritical review of some influential approaches to context studies,the present paper aims to fashion anew,dynamic approach to the phenomena of contextualization,one according to which text itselfgenerates a main resource for the organization of context.The contextual manipulation enablespeople to contest context to their advantage.展开更多
文摘Context,a key concept in the field of sociolinguistics,pragmatics and ethnographicallyinspired studies of language use,is beyond a single,precise,generally accepted definition.After acritical review of some influential approaches to context studies,the present paper aims to fashion anew,dynamic approach to the phenomena of contextualization,one according to which text itselfgenerates a main resource for the organization of context.The contextual manipulation enablespeople to contest context to their advantage.
