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Basso, Keith H. 1974. The ethnography of writing. In Bauman, Richard and Joel Sherzer, eds. Explorations in the ethnography of speaking. Cambridge University Press. pp. 425–432.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

ethnography of speaking | social context | writing

Annotation

B. argues that writing, as well as speaking, should be investigated with reference to the social systems in which they are embedded.