Rethinking Context: Language as an Interactive Phenomenon

Book Overview

The last decade has seen a fundamental rethinking of the concept of context. Rather than functioning solely as a constraint on linguistic performance, context is now also analysed as a product of language use. In this new perspective, language and context are seen as interactively achieved phenomena, rather than predefined sets of forms and contents. The essays in this collection, written by many of the leading figures in the social sciences, critically...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052138169X
• ISBN13: 9780521381697
• Release Date: June 1992
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 371 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"