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Publication details [#37333]

Witte, Stephen P. 1992. Context, text, intertext: Toward a constructivist semiotic of writing. Written Communication 9 (2) : 237–308.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

context | intertextuality | semiotics | text | writing

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This study argues for broader views of text and writing, using Peirce's semiotic theory for positing a triadic relation among text, context and intertext, considered as crucial for an adequate theoretical perspective on writing.