The term for the study of communication as it occurs within a particular cultural context, considering such features as the participant's settings and the participant's attitudes and goals is __________.

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The term for the study of communication within a particular cultural context, considering the participant's setting, attitudes, and goals is known as the ethnography of communication. Sociolinguistics is the study of language in social contexts, while ethnosemantics is the study of the meaning of words in specific cultural contexts. Componential analysis is a linguistic method used to analyze the meanings of words. Therefore, the best choice is C.

The Term for the Study of Communication as It Occurs