Review essay: Local communication studies

Quarterly Journal of Speech

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 202-222

  Townsend, Rebecca M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

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EID: 85011189263     PISSN: 00335630     EISSN: 14795779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00335630600819791     Document Type: Note

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32. Or as Flyvbjerg would say, “phronetic,” perhaps related to “productive criticism” (Ivie), or “grounded” (Craig) or practical theories (Cronen).
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