Toward an Understanding of Context in Composition
- 1 April 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Written Communication
- Vol. 3 (2) , 139-157
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0741088386003002001
Abstract
Contradictory approaches to context and written language have clouded understanding of the nature and role of context in composition. This article treats writing within a larger framework of context and language use in general to suggest important interrelationships among writer, context, and text. Implications for writing-process research are examined.Keywords
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