Can mathematics be social? Flexible representations for interaction process and its sociocultural constructions

Sociological Forum

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-71

  White, Harrison C ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Deixis; Grammer; Identity; Network; Sociolinguistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040745356     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024604606367     Document Type: Article

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