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100 1 0 _aHambye, Philippe
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245 0 0 _aEthnography as a Method of Sociolinguistic Inquiry: Obtaining “Proof” from Singularity
260 _c2015.
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520 _aThis paper questions how ethnographic fieldwork (in sociolinguistics) may contribute to theoretical generalization despite the admitted singularity of its data. On the basis of epistemological work of Passeron (2006) which conceives humanities and social sciences as « historical sciences », the author draws upon his ethnographic research among adolescents in schools to show how such an approach allows to aim generalization and to discuss the relevance of a concept –  crossing (Rampton 2005) – regularly used in “youth language” research.
690 _ayouth language
690 _aqualitativemethods
690 _aethnography
690 _ascientificity
690 _aepistemology
690 _a crossing
786 0 _nLangage et société | o 154 | 4 | 2015-11-16 | p. 83-97 | 0181-4095
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-langage-et-societe-2015-4-page-83?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
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