j r firth context situation thanks following people kindly responded inquiry work attempts apply j r firth notion context situation studies discourse tom craven gudula stegmann graham mcgregor joe foley koenraad kuiper richard ogden summary appears although firth notion familiar many sociolinguists discourse conversation analysts evidenced references typically appearing overviews notion context surprisingly little work actually undertaken topic reference phenomenon exemplified introductory chapter duranti goodwin c 1992 eds rethinking context cup koenraad kuiper reports forthcoming paper offers reappraisal origins term context situation graham mcgregor conducted unpublished study personreference incorporates firth notion analytical approach shall happy inform readers list future uncoverings applied firthian linguistics alan firth aalborg university denmark