Talk and taxonomy : a methodological comparison of ethnosemantics and ethnomethodology with reference to terms for Canadian doctors / Peter Elgin.

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Eglin, Peter

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Pragmatics & beyond ; no. 8.Publication details: Amsterdam : Benjamins, 1980.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 125 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9789027281067
9027281068
9027225109
9789027225108
1283359790
9781283359795
9786613359797
6613359793

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Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:

401/.9 22

LOC classification:

P35 .E38 1980eb

Other classification:

17.28
17.04

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Contents:

pt. 1: Introduction -- Regularities, rules and instructions -- Ethnosemantics as semantic sociology and ethnomethodology as interpretive sociology -- Leaving out the interpreter's work -- Conclusion -- pt. 2: Introduction -- Terms for Canadian doctors: ethnosemantics and taxonomy -- Terms for Canadian doctors: ethnomethodology and talk -- Conclusion.

Summary: The thesis of this essay is that social or cultural competence consists more of an interpretive or methodological ability to use language in the service of interaction than of a substantive knowledge of collections of cultural categories and of the semantic relations between the terms naming those categories.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-117).

The thesis of this essay is that social or cultural competence consists more of an interpretive or methodological ability to use language in the service of interaction than of a substantive knowledge of collections of cultural categories and of the semantic relations between the terms naming those categories.