Talk and Taxonomy
A methodological comparison of ethnosemantics and ethnomethodology with reference to terms for Canadian doctors
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.
[Pragmatics & Beyond, I:8] 1980. x, 125 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 21 November 2011
Published online on 21 November 2011
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Preface | p. v
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List of Tables | p. viii
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List of Figures | p. viii
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Part One. Programmatics: the logical and methodological adequacy of ethnosemantics and ethnomethodology as sociologies attempting to account for cultural competence
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1. Introduction | p. 1
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2. Regularities, rules and instructions: three sociologies | p. 7
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3. Ethnosemantics as semantic sociology and ethnomethodology as interpretive sociology | p. 19
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4. Leaving out the interpreter's work: a methodological critique of ethnosemantics based on ethnomethodology | p. 27
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5. Conclusion | p. 47
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Part Two. Data: using the same materials, an ethnosemantic study, and an ethnomethodological study, of cultural competence
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6. Introduction | p. 51
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7. Terms for Canadian doctors: ethnosemantics and taxonomy | p. 55
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8. Terms for Canadian doctors: ethnomethodology and talk | p. 67
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9. Conclusion | p. 81
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Epilogue: the question of interpretive method | p. 85
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Footnotes | p. 89
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Appendix | p. 119
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List of Tables
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Table 1. One Line From the Chart of Reference Terms for Lawyers | p. 55
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Table 2. Chart of Reference Terms for Canadian Doctors | p. 58
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Table 3. Code of Semantic Dimensions | p. 60
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List of Figures
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Figure 1. The Semiotic Triangle in Ethnosemantics | p. 32
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Figure 2. Partial Taxonomy of Terms for Canadian Doctors | p. 63
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CF: Linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General