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contextualism
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contextualism
a school of literary criticism that focuses on the work as an autonomous entity, whose meaning should be derived solely from an examination of the work itself. Cf. New Criticism. — contextualist, n., adj.
See also: Criticism
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Noun1.contextualism - any doctrine emphasizing the importance of the context in solving problems or establishing the meaning of terms
doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school


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99 Hardcover B105 Callaway has collected 13 essays originally published 1981-2000, most focusing on meaning and formal semantics conceived from a contextualist perspective with considerable sympathy for the pragmatic tradition.
Thus it does not matter whether one is a Contextualist or a Deconstructivist -- and the architects at KPF have been both at one time or another.
Composing Research: A Contextualist Paradigm for Rhetoric and Composition.
 
 
 
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