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Language and Communication—The Contexualized and “Person-Centered” Nature of Linguistic and Communicative Action

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The integrational perspective introduced in this chapter is concerned with a broader concept of communication, both implicit and explicit. This chapter sets the scene for this book’s diffractive enrichment of combining an integrational linguistic approach and a Practice theory approach to language and communication, including the methodology of ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. The ontological similarities and incompatibilities of this combination are discussed throughout the book. Despite the presence of ontological divergences, in order to operate on an interdisciplinary ground, the transcript practice, the presuppositions, and the methodology of ethnomethodology and conversation analysis are integrated complementarily as they afford data retrieval and enrich the analysis and its discussions instrumentally. Lay-strategies for obtaining knowledge on communication and language are contrasted with expert linguists’ strategies.

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Klemmensen, C.M.B. (2018). Language and Communication—The Contexualized and “Person-Centered” Nature of Linguistic and Communicative Action. In: Integrating the Participants’ Perspective in the Study of Language and Communication Disorders. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78634-6_2

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